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Today at Warden Point (Sheppey), Kent
FairBig tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 0.5 m low tide falls first thing.
Safe window: 5:53am – 8:07am
Leave the beach by 8:07am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 0.5 m low tide falls first thing.
22° · clear · Low tide: 7:07am (0.5 m), 7:26pm (0.6 m) · Wind up to 26 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 5:55am – 8:42am
Leave the beach by 8:42am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Big tide today (spring tide) — more beach exposed, but it comes back in fast.
Why: A big 0.6 m low tide falls first thing.
23° · mostly clear · Low tide: 7:42am (0.6 m), 7:59pm (0.7 m) · Wind up to 24 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 6:13am – 9:13am
Leave the beach by 9:13am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
23° · mostly clear · Low tide: 8:13am (0.9 m), 8:29pm (1.0 m) · Wind up to 16 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 6:41am – 9:41am
Leave the beach by 9:41am — the tide will cut off your route back.
Why: Low tide falls first thing, though it is not an especially big one. No recent storms, so expect a picked-over beach.
24° · mostly clear · Low tide: 8:41am (1.3 m), 8:57pm (1.4 m) · Wind up to 20 km/h · Waves 0.2 m
Safe window: 7:09am – 10:09am
Leave the beach by 10:09am — 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.
19° · overcast · Low tide: 9:09am (1.7 m), 9:25pm (1.8 m) · Wind up to 19 km/h · Waves 0.3 m
Safe window: 7:38am – 10:38am
Leave the beach by 10:38am — 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.
21° · mostly clear · Low tide: 9:38am (2.1 m), 9:57pm (2.2 m) · Wind up to 25 km/h · Waves 0.4 m
Safe window: 8:13am – 11:13am
Leave the beach by 11:13am — 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.
18° · mostly clear · Low tide: 10:13am (2.5 m), 10:37pm (2.6 m) · Wind up to 24 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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