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Today at Warden Point (Sheppey), Kent
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 7:19am – 10:19am
Leave the beach by 10:19am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
20° · overcast · 1mm rain · Low tide: 9:19am (1.3 m), 9:38pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 26 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
Safe window: 7:57am – 10:57am
Leave the beach by 10:57am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
27° · mostly clear · Low tide: 9:57am (1.7 m), 10:19pm (1.9 m) · Wind up to 26 km/h · Waves 0.5 m
Safe window: 8:42am – 11:42am
Leave the beach by 11:42am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-morning, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
23° · drizzle · Low tide: 10:42am (2.2 m), 11:12pm (2.4 m) · Wind up to 35 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 9:44am – 12:44pm
Leave the beach by 12:44pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
22° · mostly clear · Low tide: 11:44am (2.7 m) · Wind up to 14 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 11:23am – 2:23pm
Leave the beach by 2:23pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one.
26° · overcast · Low tide: 12:31am (2.8 m), 1:23pm (3.0 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 1:12pm – 4:12pm
Leave the beach by 4:12pm — 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.
22° · mostly clear · Low tide: 2:25am (2.8 m), 3:12pm (2.7 m) · Wind up to 23 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 2:26pm – 5:26pm
Leave the beach by 5:26pm — 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.
20° · overcast · 2mm rain · Low tide: 3:54am (2.2 m), 4:26pm (2.0 m) · Wind up to 30 km/h · Waves 0.6 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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