List of places on the British coastline

List of places on the British coastline

This is a list of places on the British coastline, by country and county (administrative). Some coastlines are designated Heritage Coasts.

England

*Jurassic coast
*Sussex coast
*South West Coast Path

Cornwall

*Land's End (headland)
*The Lizard (headland)
*Cape Cornwall (headland)

Cumbria

*Barrow-in-Furness (ship building port)

Devon

*Plymouth (port town)
**River Plym (river estuary)
**River Tamar (river estuary)
*Start Point (headland)

Dorset

*Bournemouth (seaside resort town)
*Old Harry Rocks (headland)
*Poole Harbour
**Poole (coastal town)
**Wareham (coastal town)
***River Frome (river estuary)
***River Piddle (river estuary)
*Swanage (seaside resort)
*Weymouth (seaside resort)
*Isle of Portland (island and town)

East Riding of Yorkshire

*Humber (river estuary)
**Kingston upon Hull (shipping port)
*Spurn Head (headland)
*Withernsea (seaside resort)
*Hornsea (seaside resort)
*Bridlington (seaside resort)
*Flamborough Head (headland)

East Sussex

*Beachy Head (headland)
*Brighton (seaside town)
*Eastbourne (coastal town)
*Newhaven (seaport town)
**River Ouse (river estuary)
*river Cuckmere (river estuary)
**Cuckmere Haven (flood plains)
*Seaford (coastal town)
*Seven Sisters (cliffs)
**South Downs Way (coastal bridleway)

Hampshire

*Solent (stretch of sea)
**Calshot Spit (spit)
**Hayling Island (island/seaside resort)
**Langstone Harbour (ria/nature reserve)
**Lymington (coastal town)
**Portsmouth Harbour (ria)
***Fareham (coastal town)
***Gosport (coastal town)
***Portsmouth (shipping port)
**Southampton Water (ria)
***Hamble-le-Rice (coastal village)
***River Hamble (river estuary)
***River Itchen (river estuary)
***Southampton (shipping port)
***River Test (river estuary)

Isle of Wight

*Needles (headland)
*Solent (stretch of sea to the north)
**Yarmouth (coastal town)
***Western Yar (river estuary)
**Newtown (coastal village)
***Newtown River (river estuary)
**Cowes (seaport town)
***River Medina (river estuary)
**Wootton (seaport town)
***Wootton Creek (river estuary)
**Ryde (seaside town)
*The English Channel (stretch of sea to the south)

Kent

*Dover
**White cliffs of Dover (cliffs)
*North Foreland (headland)

Lancashire

*Blackpool (seaside town)
*Fleetwood (seaside town and fishing port)
*Lytham St Annes (seaside town)

Lincolnshire

*Mablethorpe (seaside town)
*Skegness (popular historical and modern seaside resort)
*Sutton-on-Sea (seaside resort)

Merseyside

*River Mersey (river estuary)
**Liverpool (shipping port)

North Yorkshire

*Filey (seaside town)
*Scarborough (seaside town and fishing port)

uffolk

*Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB
*Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path

Northern Ireland

*Lecale Coast AONB

Belfast (ship building port)

*River Lagan (river estuary)

County Antrim

*Giant's Causeway (causeway)

County Londonderry

*Derry (coastal city)
**River Foyle (river estuary)

cotland

*Firth of Forth (river estuary)
**River Forth (river estuary)

Aberdeen (shipping port)

*River Dee (river estuary)
*River Don (river estuary)

Edinburgh (coastal city)

Highland

*Cape Wrath (cape)
**John o' Groats (coastal village)

Wales

Anglesey

*Anglesey Coastal Path

Cardiff (shipping port)

*Cardiff Bay

Colwyn Bay

Pembrokeshire

*Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
*Cardigan Bay (bay)
*Milford Haven (harbour)
**Milford Haven (port town)
**Pembroke Dock (port town)
*Pembrokeshire Coast Path

Swansea (shipping port)

*Gower peninsula (headland)
**Oxwich Bay (sandy beach)
**Rhossili Bay (sandy beach)
**Swansea Bay (sandy beach)
**Threecliff Bay (sandy beach)
*River Tawe (river estuary)
*River Loughor (river estuary)

ee also

*Geography of the United Kingdom
*Geology of the United Kingdom
*Rivers of the United Kingdom
*List of the British Isles

External links

* [http://www.open2.net/coast/ Open2: BBC: Coast]
* [http://www.seabritain2005.com SeaBritain 2005]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/coast/ BBC: Coast]
* [http://www.ukcoastguide.co.uk/ UK Coast Guide]


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