Writhlington spoil heap has been opened up to the public for fossil collecting. It has yielded hundreds of plants and insects and is well documented. The spoil from an old coal open cast mine was dumped here and it is only now that its importance has become apparent.

Portishead is an interesting location with both Carboniferous and Devonian rocks. At Battery Point, many corals and crinoids can be collected from the rocks on the foreshore, there are plenty to be found. further along Woodhill bay, fish remains are also commonly found.

Weston-Super-Mare is a fascinating geological location, underwater Volcanoes during the Carboniferous period buried all life forms and preserved them in the rocks now exposed on the foreshore and cliff. Well preserved corals, bryozoans, Algae, Bivalves and Brachiopods can be found.

Radstock, well known as a mining village with houses build for the workers. The Carboniferous coal measures are full of well preserved fossil plants. Although all quarries are now closed and overgrown, there are still a few locations were collecting fossil plants is productive.