Pakefield Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Your Suffolk Geological Guide and Geology Info

An Excellent location, you can find almost anything, Ammonites, Shells, Belemnites, Reptiles (such as Ichthyosaurs), Echinoid's and more from the Boulder Clay and Mammalian and Bird Remains from the Forest Bed during scouring conditions.

Pakefield, fast becoming East Anglia's' premier fossiling location. There is so much to find here, although don't expect to find much when the sea's are clam and the sun is shinning !....this location rely's on storms, heavy rain and beach scours, with the right condition this location is highly productive in mammalian remains from the forest bed and ammonites, reptile remains, shells, echinoid's and much from the boulder clay.

(Ideal for Children)

This location is ideal for children, fossils can be also found on the foreshore. Although children should stay away during the winter high tides.

There are several ways to access Pakefield. The quickest and most direct route depends upon if the steps are present, often during the winter the sea and rain sweeps them away and they have to be re-built in the spring. The second point of access is quite a fair walk.

Foreshore, Cliff

Fossils are mostly found on the foreshore but can also be found in the cliff face, or at the base of the cliff. Fossils from the forest bed are mostly below standard beach level, so these will be on the foreshore. Ammonites and other jurassic fossils from the boulder clay come from the top beds which fall during heavy rain and high tides.

Other Locations similar to Pakefield

For other forest bed locations where mammilian remains can be found, try West Runton.

For other locations in Suffolk where the Boulder clay can yield ammonites, reptile remains, shells etc, try Corton

For other locations where mammalian remains can be found from the Pleistocene and Pliocene, try Easton Bavents, Easton Wood, Weybourne, or Overstrand or West Runton, Stutton is another good location.