Common sense when collecting at all locations should be taken and knowledge of tide times should always be noted. It is very easy to get cut off from the tide and the tide often reaches the base of the cliff. The cliff landslips are also very dangerous, it is possible to sink right down deep into the clay. Therefore there is no escape should you become cut off, it is therefore essential to DOUBLE CHECK TIDE TIMES and ensure you return before the tide turns.

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Care must also be taken on the foreshore as this too can be very muddy and it is easy to become stuck. At Sheerness in particular, there are a lot of sharp metal objects, it is recommended that if taking children, to go to Warden Point rather than Sheerness. Keep away from the base of the cliff as cliff falls frequently occur along this coastline.

1. Always tell someone where you are going and when you expect to be back.

2. If using a hammer, pick or chisel, always wear safety goggles.

3. Always wear a hard hat if close to a cliff face.

4. Check access rights before you enter this location.

5. Take food and drink

6. Ensure you always take a mobile phone

7. Keep children away from cliff faces and mudflats, ensure you keep an eye on your children at all times.

8. DO NOT RISK tides if you do not know the times, ensure you are aware of tide times before you visit a location.

9. Take plenty of wrapping paper, you never know when you may make that all important find.

1. Always REPORT important finds to museums or related organisations.

2. Please LOOK AFTER your fossils, clean them and preserve them.

3. If you make an important discovery and do not have the correct equipment, or the find is too large. DO NOT RISK destroying the fossil, contact your local museum or organisation for help and assistance.

4. PLEASE leave those fossils which are impossible to get out of rock, for others to see instead of destroying it. A photograph is much better.

5. PLEASE accept, understand and obey any SSSI rules, they are there to protect the geology for future generations.