List of places on the British coastline
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This is a list of places on the British coastline, by country and county (administrative). Some coastlines are designated Heritage Coasts.
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[edit] England
[edit] Cornwall
- Land's End (headland)
- The Lizard (headland)
- Cape Cornwall (headland)
[edit] Cumbria
- Barrow-in-Furness (ship building port)
[edit] Devon
- Plymouth (port town)
- River Plym (river estuary)
- River Tamar (river estuary)
- Start Point (headland)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Isle of Wight
- The 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)
- Yarmouth (coastal town)
- The English Channel (stretch of sea to the south)
[edit] Kent
- Dover
- White cliffs of Dover (cliffs)
- North Foreland (headland)
[edit] Lancashire
- Blackpool (seaside town)
- Fleetwood (seaside town and fishing port)
- Lytham St Annes (seaside town)
[edit] Lincolnshire
- Mablethorpe (seaside town)
- Skegness (popular historical and modern seaside resort)
- Sutton-on-Sea (seaside resort)
[edit] Merseyside
- River Mersey (river estuary)
- Liverpool (shipping port)
[edit] North Yorkshire
- Filey (seaside town)
- Scarborough (seaside town and fishing port)
- Robin Hood's Bay (Fishing Village)
- Whitby (fishing port)
[edit] Suffolk
[edit] West Sussex
- Selsey Bill (headland)
[edit] Northern Ireland
[edit] Belfast (ship building port)
- River Lagan (river estuary)
[edit] County Antrim
- Giant's Causeway (causeway)
[edit] County Londonderry
- Derry (coastal city)
- River Foyle (river estuary)
[edit] Scotland
- Firth of Forth (river estuary)
- River Forth (river estuary)
[edit] Aberdeen (shipping port)
[edit] Edinburgh (coastal city)
[edit] Highland
- Cape Wrath (cape)
- John o' Groats (coastal village)
[edit] Moray
- Buckie (coastal town)
[edit] Wales
[edit] Anglesey
[edit] Cardiff (shipping port)
[edit] Colwyn Bay
[edit] Pembrokeshire
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Cardigan Bay (bay)
- Milford Haven (harbour)
- Milford Haven (port town)
- Pembroke Dock (port town)
- Pembrokeshire Coast Path
[edit] See also
- Geography of the United Kingdom
- Geology of the United Kingdom
- Rivers of the United Kingdom
- List of the British Isles
- List of places on the Jurassic Coast