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Stansgate

Stansgate’s tidal shore contains a fossil-bearing London Clay platform, often partly hidden by modern silt. Lobsters, crinoid stems, molluscs and occasional teeth record an early Eocene sea. This quieter locality needs patient searching and a safe route around the estuary mud, with access kept separate from working farm and sailing-club land. Eocene, Foreshore, Rating: ♦♦♦