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Rockhounding in United Kingdom
65 researched sites, each with an access tier, evidence tier and site history.
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- Alston Moor, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Ballintoy, County Antrim · mineral · Gray area
- Barton on Sea, Hampshire · fossil · Gray area
- Beer, Devon · fossil · Gray area
- Blue Hole, Scurdie Ness, Montrose · gem · Open / legal
- Blue John Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Boltsburn Mine, Rookhope, Weardale · mineral · Permission required
- Boulby, North Yorkshire · fossil · Gray area
- Brandy Gill, Carrock Fell, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Cairngorm Mountains, Highland · gem · Prohibited / view only
- Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Cambokeels Mine, Eastgate, Weardale · mineral · Permission required
- Charmouth, Dorset · fossil · Gray area
- Cligga Head, Perranporth, Cornwall · mineral · Gray area
- Clogau Mine, Bontddu, Gwynedd · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Compton Bay, Isle of Wight · fossil · Gray area
- Cwmystwyth Mine, Ceredigion · mineral · Permission required
- Devon Great Consols, Tavistock, Devon · mineral · Permission required
- Dirtlow Rake, Castleton, Derbyshire · mineral · Permission required
- Dolaucothi Gold Mines, Carmarthenshire · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Driggith Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Dunure, Ayrshire · gem · Open / legal
- Elgol, Isle of Skye · fossil · Gray area
- Ferryden, Montrose, Angus · gem · Open / legal
- Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Frizington, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Frongoch Mine, Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion · mineral · Permission required
- Frosterley, Weardale (Frosterley Marble) · fossil · Permission required
- Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall · mineral · Permission required
- Grassington Moor, North Yorkshire · mineral · Permission required
- Greenhow, Nidderdale, North Yorkshire · mineral · Permission required
- Gwynfynydd Mine, Ganllwyd, Gwynedd · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Heads of Ayr, Ayrshire · gem · Gray area
- Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale · mineral · Permission required
- Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon · mineral · Gray area
- Hunstanton, Norfolk · fossil · Gray area
- Kaim Hill, Fairlie, Ayrshire · gem · Permission required
- Leadhills, South Lanarkshire · mineral · Permission required
- Lizard Point, Cornwall · mineral · Gray area
- Lyme Regis, Dorset · fossil · Gray area
- Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire · fossil · Gray area
- Meldon Quarry, Okehampton, Devon · mineral · Permission required
- Mendip Hills, Somerset · mineral · Permission required
- Nenthead Mines, Alston Moor, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Odin Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire · mineral · Permission required
- Parys Mountain, Anglesey · mineral · Permission required
- Portrush, County Antrim · mineral · Gray area
- Roche Rock, Cornwall · mineral · Gray area
- Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Shap Quarry, Cumbria · mineral · Permission required
- Snailbeach Mine, Shropshire · mineral · Permission required
- St Austell China Clay Pits, Cornwall · mineral · Permission required
- St Just Mining District, Cornwall · mineral · Permission required
- Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye · mineral · Gray area
- Tankerville Mine, Shelve, Shropshire · mineral · Permission required
- Treak Cliff Cavern, Castleton, Derbyshire · mineral · Prohibited / view only
- Usan, Montrose, Angus · gem · Open / legal
- Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall · mineral · Permission required
- Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall · mineral · Permission required
- Whitby, North Yorkshire · gem · Gray area
- Whitehead / Islandmagee, County Antrim · mineral · Gray area
- Wren's Nest, Dudley, West Midlands · fossil · Prohibited / view only
- Writhlington, Somerset (Coal Measures) · fossil · Permission required