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Today at Kilve
Quiet dayWhy: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
Safe window: 11:01am – 2:01pm
Leave the beach by 2:01pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
8° · rain · 9mm rain · Low tide: 12:44am (1.5 m), 1:01pm (1.5 m) · Wind up to 22 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 11:37am – 2:37pm
Leave the beach by 2:37pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls at lunchtime, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
10° · overcast · 3mm rain · Low tide: 1:19am (1.7 m), 1:37pm (1.8 m) · Wind up to 26 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 12:09pm – 3:09pm
Leave the beach by 3:09pm — 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.
8° · mostly clear · Low tide: 1:52am (2.0 m), 2:09pm (2.1 m) · Wind up to 32 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
Safe window: 12:39pm – 3:39pm
Leave the beach by 3:39pm — 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.
8° · clear · Low tide: 2:21am (2.4 m), 2:39pm (2.4 m) · Wind up to 24 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 1:08pm – 4:08pm
Leave the beach by 4:08pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one.
9° · overcast · Low tide: 2:49am (2.7 m), 3:08pm (2.8 m) · Wind up to 22 km/h · Waves 0.1 m
Safe window: 1:39pm – 4:39pm
Leave the beach by 4:39pm — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls mid-afternoon, though it is not an especially big one.
11° · drizzle · 5mm rain · Low tide: 3:16am (3.0 m), 3:39pm (3.1 m) · Wind up to 29 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 2:18pm – 5:02pm
Leave the beach by 5:02pm — 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 · Low tide: 3:48am (3.3 m), 4:18pm (3.5 m) · Wind up to 36 km/h · Waves 0.6 m
At low water the flat ledges show huge coiled ammonites in the rock — bring a camera, not a hammer. For keepers, search the loose shingle and boulder gaps along the tideline where smaller ammonites and oysters wash free.
Giant ammonites — some nearly a metre across — sit in the flat ledges: photograph them, they must stay. Loose finds are smaller ammonites, ridged oysters and occasional dark, dense reptile bone. Identification help: Watchet Market House Museum (seasonal), or photograph finds for a museum enquiry.
This coast is a protected site (SSSI). What does that mean?
Allowed: Loose fossils from the beach may be kept for personal collections.
Never allowed: This SSSI coast has a strict no-hammering code — do not hammer or dig the ledges, cliffs or in-place ammonites.
Important finds: Ask at Watchet Market House Museum about significant finds.
Rules can change — check locally before you collect.
Detailed location guide at UK Fossils →
Small car park at the end of Sea Lane, Kilve Pill.
Seasonal tea room near the car park; no facilities on the beach.
Short flat walk from the car park onto boulders and ledges.
Huge Bristol Channel tidal range — the sea returns faster than walking pace over the flat ledges. Cliff falls along the whole stretch; boulders are very slippery.
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