Inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom
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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 east of the island of Great Britain, additionally forecasts are given for the Isle of Man and Shetland Isles that are not part of the United Kingdom's coastline.
[edit] List of Inshore coastal areas
- Cape Wrath – Rattray Head including Orkney
- Rattray Head – Berwick
- Berwick – Whitby
- Whitby – The Wash
- The Wash – 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 – Colwyn Bay including St George's Channel
- Colwyn Bay – 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. See the BBC map here
