Riverside beachcombing is taking over TikTok – here’s how to start as a beginner
Nicola began mudlarking after discovering a George V coin on the foreshore near her home in Greenwich and now goes out scavenging every week. She’s even been known to go out at midnight with a headtorch when the tide has been at its lowest. “It’s become an obsession,” she says. “It gets people’s
going. Being able to walk along the foreshore and possibly hold something in your hand that somebody dropped a few hundred years ago awakens a certain kind of magic.”of an object,” says Nicola. “My most fascinating finds are those I can link to a person or place from the past. I found a small 17th century trader’s token from Pudding Lane belonging to a man called Brian Appleby who owned a spirit merchant not very far from Farriner’s bakery where the Great Fire of London started.
Holding something in your hand that somebody dropped hundreds of years ago awakens a certain kind of magicEvery mudlark needs a permit to be able to scavenge along a river foreshore. For the Thames, this is because it’s owned by the Port of London Authority and the Crown.are available to buy online and cost £90 for three years. You’ll also receive maps with your permit telling you where you can and can’t mudlark.
“Before you commit to buying a permit, it might be useful to join a guided foreshore walk to see if you enjoy it,” says Nicola. “Organisations like
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