There are nearly always people collecting at Bracklesham Bay. Fossils can simply be picked up, washed up on top of the sand, you can normally come back with bags full of decent finds. During scouring tides the formation is exposed and the beach is covered in shark and ray teeth, and bivalve shells.

Highly fossilferious chalk, packed with ammonites, nautili, echinoids, brachiopods, bivalves and crinoids. This is one of the best chalk locations in the UK and is full of surprises. Recommended to all keen chalk fossil hunters.

World famous site for its highly fossilferious chalk, packed with a wide range of different echinoid species, brachiopods, bivalves and crinoids. This is one of the best chalk locations in the UK for zonal variety. Recommended to all keen chalk fossil hunters.

Hastings is one of the only places outside the Isle of Wight where Dinosaur bones can be found. This popular and important site has yielded some important finds over the years. Fish, shark, plant, reptile remains and bivalve and gastropod shells can also be collected. Keep a look out for dinosaur footprints.

Continuing from Hastings, this popular and important site has yielded some important finds over the years. Fish, shark, plant, reptile remains and shells can also be collected. This site is exceptional for small mammal and fish remains. Crocodile teeth also turn up.

Many echinoids can be found at Newhaven, in particular Offaster pilula which occurs in abundance - certain chalk blocks can be split to yield numerous specimens of this small species. Also abundant but often incomplete are Echinocorys. If you walk far enough, to Peacehaven, you may be lucky enough to spot giant ammonites in the wave-cut platform.

Sometimes Bognor can be a stony beach, and a other times a long golden sandy coastline; during scouring tides it can be a muddy heaven for fossil hunters. Rich in bivalve and gastropod shells, insects and plant material. It’s either returning with nothing or bags full!