Normandy
© Simon Strueux · CC0 Plage du Plat Gousset, Granville
Granville's town-centre beach on the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel, one of several reported sea glass spots along this stretch of the Manche coast.
About Plage du Havre
A long grey shingle beach right in the city. Much of its glass is thought to come from the old Dollemard landfills on the cliffs to the north, which took waste for about half a century until 2000 and have been eroding into the sea ever since. Local accounts describe the shingle as partly glass, brick and concrete rolled smooth.
Sea glass at Plage du Havre
Mostly greens, mixed through the shingle banks along the Boulevard Albert 1er.
Visiting Plage du Havre
- Safety
- Check the tide times before you go and head out on a falling tide, so you're never cut off. Keep away from the bottom of cliffs, wear sturdy shoes on rocks, and follow the collecting rules above.
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Sources
- reporterre.net : Reporterre: Dollemard landfill waste falling into the sea as the cliffs erode (background, not sea glass).
- lehavre.fr : City of Le Havre press release: landfill closed 2000, erosion ~30 cm a year, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and asbestos found.
Last updated 24 October 2026
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