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Today at Warden Point (Sheppey), Kent
FairWhy: Heavy rain in the last two days may have washed fresh material out of the cliffs. Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
Safe window: 9:28am – 12:28pm
Leave the beach by 12:28pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Heavy rain in the last two days may have washed fresh material out of the cliffs. Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
14° · overcast · Low tide: 11:28am (3.1 m) · Wind up to 16 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 10:46am – 1:46pm
Leave the beach by 1:46pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Heavy rain in the last two days may have washed fresh material out of the cliffs. Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
15° · drizzle · 3mm rain · Low tide: 12:05am (3.1 m), 12:46pm (3.2 m) · Wind up to 24 km/h · Waves 0.8 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 76 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
14° · drizzle · 3mm rain · Low tide: 1:30am (3.1 m), 2:16pm (3.0 m) · Wind up to 43 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 1:28pm – 4:28pm
Leave the beach by 4:28pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
12° · mostly clear · 3mm rain · Low tide: 2:53am (2.7 m), 3:28pm (2.6 m) · Wind up to 27 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
No safe daylight window
Why: Winds gusting around 83 km/h forecast — not a day to be under cliffs.
13° · overcast · 10mm rain · Low tide: 3:54am (2.2 m), 4:21pm (2.0 m) · Wind up to 47 km/h · Waves 0.7 m
Safe window: 3:06pm – 6:06pm
Leave the beach by 6:06pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls towards evening, though it is not an especially big one.
13° · overcast · 6mm rain · Low tide: 4:42am (1.7 m), 5:06pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 32 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 2:48pm – 5:19pm
Leave the beach by 5:19pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Heavy rain in the last two days may have washed fresh material out of the cliffs. Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one.
19° · mostly clear · 1mm rain · Low tide: 4:26am (1.3 m), 4:48pm (1.1 m) · Wind up to 39 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Search the London Clay foreshore for rounded brown nodules and pyrite fossils lying on the washed surface — but only on firm ground, never out on the open mudflats. The freshest material appears after a north-easterly blow.
Shark teeth are glossy, dark and triangular — usually under an inch, lying in the low-water gravel. Pyrite fossils look like brassy twigs. Rounded brown nodules with rusty cracks can hide crabs and turtle bone. Identification: photograph finds for the Natural History Museum's identification service.
This coast is a protected site (SSSI). What does that mean?
Allowed: Loose fossils from the beach and foreshore may be kept; sieving loose gravel is fine.
Never allowed: No digging into the cliffs or sea defences on this SSSI coast.
Important finds: Unusual finds (bird bones, complete crabs, turtle material) are scientifically valuable — photograph them for the Natural History Museum.
Rules can change — check locally before you collect.
Detailed location guide at UK Fossils →
Limited parking at Warden Bay / Warden Springs area.
Very little nearby — bring everything you need.
Access points change as the cliff erodes; follow current signed paths down.
The London Clay foreshore hides deep, dangerous mud that has trapped collectors — test every step and never cross the open mudflats. Actively collapsing cliffs; go on a falling tide only.
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