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Introduction to Walton on the Naze

Fossils and Fossil Collecting in Walton on the Naze
Your Essex Geological Guide and Geology Info

Walton is an unpredictable location which can be highly productive one day and bare the next. Walton-on-the-Naze is now the best coastal location for the Red Crag and is famous for fossil bird remains from the London Clay, whilst yielding some of the largest sharks teeth, plant remains and much more.


Walton on the Naze - Essex
Last updated: [30/03/07]  last visited 2007
Eocene
Pliocene
Written by Alister and Alison Cruickshanks
Fossils & Fossil Collecting in Walton
(Walton on the Naze) - 2007

Walton on the Naze Location Information

Walton on the Naze yields many fossils from the London Clay and Red Crag, however most of these are found during the right conditions often after extensive scouring. The london clay at Walton, produces a higher quantity of fossil wood and pyrites, so you will need to look hard and it is often a 'on your knees' job.

(Recommended)

Walton on the Naze is suitable for familys and children and makes an ideal day out.

   

There is good parking facilities with toilet and cafe at Walton on the Naze, you will need to walk down several steps to reach the beach but the distance is not far.

Foreshore, Cliff

Most of the fossils at Walton on the Naze can be found on the foreshore especially after storms or scouring conditions, but fossils are also commonly found at the base of the cliff on the scree slopes from the Red Crag. This is an SSSI Site so you must not dig directly in the cliff.

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RIGHTS
SSSI - NO DIGGING/HAMMERING IN THE CLIFF

Please follow our national fossil collecting code

A UK Fossils & Discovering Fossils initiative (c) 2006

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted. The main danger at walton is being cut off, the steps down to the beach are always inaccessible at hightide and hence one should return in time before the sea reaches the steps.

Beware of cliff falls at Walton on the Naze and landslides, these often occur. Climbing the cliff to reach the shell bed is not recommended and should be avoided during winter months, shells can be collected from the slippage's, but if you do climb the cliff to gain access to the shell beds, be careful of soft areas.

Other locations similar to Walton on Naze

If you are interested in locations where you can find Mollosc Crag Shells from the Red Crag and Norwich Crag, try Covehithe, Easton Wood, Alderton, Ramsholt, Wangford Quarry and Bawdsey.

For locations where you can find fossils from the Eocene London Clay, try Isle of Sheppey, Ramsholt, Maylandsea, Harwich, Nacton, Levington, Bawdsey, Bognor Regis or Burnham on Crouch.

If you like collecting sharks teeth you could also try Bracklesham Bay, Herne Bay, Barton-on-Sea or Milford-on-sea which are also of the
Eocene age

Stone Tumblers (Lapidary)


Stone Tumblers are used for tumbling and polishing rough rock, stones and pebbles including those found on the beach and glass.

Whilst collecting fossils, on those days where you come back empty handed, you could collect rocks, stones and glass from the beach and tumble then at home.

These are all high quality machines to give a professional finish to your samples. The tumblers can be used with a variety of grits, most commonly Silicon Carbide Grit and Cerium Oxide. We have a wide range of rough rocks for sale too.

Microfossils are much easier to collect because they are so small that the vast majority of collections only concentrate on large finds. These small finds can simply be found by taking small samples of sands, crags, clays and soft rocks and examining them under a microscope.

We have a wide range of microscopes for sale, both for the study of fossils, but also educational and professional for use in the laboratory. We have Stereo microscopes, Compound Microscopes, Polarising Microscopes and Monocular Microscopes.


We have thousands of Test Sieves for Particle Analysis.

Endecotts Sieves: For accurate dependable results you can't buy a better test sieve than Endecotts. At every stage of manufacture each test sieve is individually inspected.

High Precision Tecan manufactures precision apertures as small as 3 microns for a wide array of applications such as filtering, sieving and nozzles. Its high-performance, ASTM/ISO compliant test sieves satisfy the most demanding fine particle grading requirements.




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