When I look at the coastal map of UK about Crown owned beaches and there are huge areas of purple, are these areas where you can detect.A little bit confusing at the moment.
Looking at Norfolk coast, especially North Norfolk.
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Crown beaches.
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Crown beaches.
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I am a newbie. 
When I look at the coastal map of UK about Crown owned beaches and there are huge areas of purple, are these areas where you can detect.
A little bit confusing at the moment.
Looking at Norfolk coast, especially North Norfolk.
Be gentle with me.
When I look at the coastal map of UK about Crown owned beaches and there are huge areas of purple, are these areas where you can detect.A little bit confusing at the moment.
Looking at Norfolk coast, especially North Norfolk.
Be gentle with me.
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Purple does not mean you can detect on it
Not purple dose not mean you can not detect on it
Each beach is different
Take Holkham beach, it owned by the crown so purple, but lease out and the estate say NO
Or Blackpool not purple but Councle say YES and is SSSI
Some Councle say yes even on site of special scientific interest SSSI. Yet NCMD say no without writen consent
And so on
There's no blanket answer, you need to ask about indervidual beaches, or better still do your own research.
Not purple dose not mean you can not detect on it
Each beach is different
Take Holkham beach, it owned by the crown so purple, but lease out and the estate say NO
Or Blackpool not purple but Councle say YES and is SSSI
Some Councle say yes even on site of special scientific interest SSSI. Yet NCMD say no without writen consent
And so on
There's no blanket answer, you need to ask about indervidual beaches, or better still do your own research.
Also interested in North Norfolk and a newbie to metal detecting. Attended one of the WDS digs so at least I knew it was legal - but am a little nervous about detecting on the beaches even if they're coloured purple on the Crown map.GTFC197 wrote: Wed Dec 13, 2023 8:47 pm Sorry if this is a silly question, but I am a newbie.
A little bit confusing at the moment.
Looking at Norfolk coast, especially North Norfolk.
Be gentle with me.
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There's some beaches in north Norfolk you
Can't detect
Nature reserve and national trust being two I can think of
There's also some areas that's probably not a good idea, old ww2 bombing ranges
But these still plenty to go at
However it's not my area of the UK, it would be better if someone local advises you
Can't detect
Nature reserve and national trust being two I can think of
There's also some areas that's probably not a good idea, old ww2 bombing ranges
But these still plenty to go at
However it's not my area of the UK, it would be better if someone local advises you
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