Peacehaven’s Late Cretaceous chalk yields echinoids, molluscs and occasional fish remains, with beach scour controlling exposure. Fossils occur on the rocky foreshore and in loose blocks, while flint bands and marl seams reveal how the beds change between Bastion Steps and Friars Bay. Cretaceous, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦
Mundesley combines a family seaside beach with a significant Pleistocene fossil record. Today, casual collectors are most likely to find echinoids and sponges preserved in flint, reworked onto the shore from much older deposits. The Cromer Forest-bed succession has also yielded important elephant remains and evidence of cold-climate plants, although such beds are not continuously exposed and mammal finds are uncommon. Sea defences, sand cover and changing beach levels strongly influence what can be seen. Search loose foreshore stones at a suitable low tide, enjoy the geology from a safe distance and leave protected exposures undisturbed. Pleistocene, Cretaceous, Cliffs and Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦
