- 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 Coast s.England
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Jurassic coast
*Sussex coast
*South West Coast Path Cornwall
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Land's End (headland)
*The Lizard (headland)
*Cape Cornwall (headland)Cumbria
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Barrow-in-Furness (ship building port)Devon
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Plymouth (port town)
**River Plym (river estuary)
**River Tamar (river estuary)
*Start Point (headland)Dorset
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dover
**White cliffs of Dover (cliffs)
*North Foreland (headland)Lancashire
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Blackpool (seaside town)
*Fleetwood (seaside town and fishing port)
*Lytham St Annes (seaside town)Lincolnshire
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Mablethorpe (seaside town)
*Skegness (popular historical and modern seaside resort)
*Sutton-on-Sea (seaside resort)Merseyside
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River Mersey (river estuary)
**Liverpool (shipping port)North Yorkshire
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Filey (seaside town)
*Scarborough (seaside town and fishing port)uffolk
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Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB
*Suffolk Coast and Heaths Path Northern Ireland
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Lecale Coast AONB Belfast (ship building port)*
River Lagan (river estuary)County Antrim
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Giant's Causeway (causeway)County Londonderry
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Derry (coastal city)
**River Foyle (river estuary)cotland
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Firth of Forth (river estuary)
**River Forth (river estuary)Aberdeen (shipping port)*River Dee (river estuary)
*River Don (river estuary)Edinburgh (coastal city)Highland
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Cape Wrath (cape)
**John o' Groats (coastal village)Wales
Anglesey *
Anglesey Coastal Path Cardiff (shipping port)*
Cardiff Bay Colwyn Bay Pembrokeshire
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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
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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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