List of places on the British coastline

For a list of sea areas, see Shipping Forecast.

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

Cornwall

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

Cumbria

Barrow-in-Furness (ship building port)

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)

Essex

Southend-on-Sea (coastal town)
- River Thames (river estuary)
- Southend Pier

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

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)
The English Channel (stretch of sea to the south)

Kent

Dover
Margate
- 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)
Robin Hood's Bay (Fishing Village)
Whitby (fishing port)

Suffolk

Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB
Suffolk Coast Path

West Sussex

Selsey Bill (headland)
Shoreham-by-Sea (coastal town and harbour)
- River Adur (river estuary)
Worthing (coastal town)
Bognor Regis Coastal Town

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)

County Down

Bangor (seaside town)

Scotland

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

Aberdeen (shipping port)

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

Highland

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

Moray

Buckie (coastal town)

Wales