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© Darren Haddock · CC BY-SA 2.0 John o' Groats Beach
Shore by the harbour at John o' Groats, named in the official North Coast 500 sea glass article as a place for interesting finds.
About Bain's Beach, Lerwick
Bain's Beach is a small patch of coarse sand off Commercial Street in Lerwick, set between the old lodberry warehouses on the waterfront. Centuries of trade and shipping through the harbour have left ballast, dropped goods and broken glass in the water, and it washes up here. Shetland's official tourism site singles it out for sea glass.
Sea glass at Bain's Beach, Lerwick
Sea glass 'of every imaginable shade' among the sand, mostly whites, greens and browns with some cobalt blue, plus pottery fragments and occasionally a marble or perfume bottle stopper.
Visiting Bain's Beach, Lerwick
- Getting there
- Off Commercial Street, between the Lodberries, in central Lerwick.
- 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 only take sea glass and other man-made rubbish: pebbles, sand and shells should stay on the beach.
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Sources
- shetland.org : Shetland tourism blog: sea glass of every shade among the sand at Bain's Beach, plus pottery, marbles and perfume stoppers, linked to the Lodberries' trading history.
- odysseyseaglass.com : Collector report (Apr 2017): lovely collection from a very small beach, incl. cobalt blue alongside usual whites, greens and browns, plus pottery.
Last updated 23 October 2026
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