Inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom

The Inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom are fifteen fixed stretches of coastline that are used in weather forecasting especially for windpowered or small coastal craft.

Each area is deliminated by geographical features such as headlands, seaports or estuaries. When used as part of a broadcast weather forecast they are mentioned in the same order, clockwise round the mainland starting and finishing in the north west of the island of Great Britain, additionally forecasts are given for the Isle of Man and Shetland Isles that are not part of either Great Britain's or Ireland's coastlines.

List of Inshore coastal areas

#Cape Wrath – Rattray Head including Orkney
#Rattray Head – Berwick
#Berwick – Whitby
#Whitby – Gibraltar Point
#Gibraltar Point – North Foreland
#North Foreland – Selsey Bill
#Selsey Bill – Lyme Regis
#Lyme Regis – Land's End including the Isles of Scilly
#Land's End - St Davids Head including the Bristol Channel
#St David’s Head – Great Orme's Head including St George's Channel
#Great Orme's Head – Mull of Galloway
#Isle of Man
#Lough Foyle – Carlingford Lough
#Mull of Galloway – Mull of Kintyre
#Mull of Kintyre – Ardnamurchan Point including the Outer Hebrides
#Ardnamurchan Point – Cape Wrath
#Shetland Isles

The BBC's coastal forecast splits some of these into shorter lengths of coast. The points at which they are split are Duncansby Head, Fife Ness, Harwich, Thames Estuary, Beachy Head, The Solent, St Albans Head, Start Point, Hartland Point, Holyhead, Morecambe Bay, Firth of Clyde. Additionally, there is a forecast for the Channel Islands. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/coastalforecast/ See the BBC map here]

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/inshore/ BBC Weather Centre - Inshore Waters]
* [http://www.marinecall.co.uk/forecasts/inshore.html Met Office Inshore Waters forecast]