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title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, the extent of which is defined by agreement between the relevant statutory national agency and the relevant local authority. Such areas are recognised for their natural beauty, wildlife and heritage and amongst the purposes of definition is support for these qualities and enabling enjoyment of them by the public.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For England this national agency is <a href="/wiki/Natural_England" title="Natural England">Natural England</a> (having formerly been the <a href="/wiki/Countryside_Agency" title="Countryside Agency">Countryside Agency</a>) and for Wales it is <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Wales" title="Natural Resources Wales">Natural Resources Wales</a> (which took over the role from its predecessor body, <a href="/wiki/Countryside_Council_for_Wales" title="Countryside Council for Wales">Countryside Council for Wales</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designated_coastline">Designated coastline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heritage_coast&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Designated coastline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1,057 km of the English <a href="/wiki/UK_coastline" class="mw-redirect" title="UK coastline">coastline</a> and 495 km of the Welsh coastline, in both cases approximately one-third of the total length, have been defined as heritage coast. The goal is to conserve their natural beauty and improve accessibility for visitors. </p><p>Unlike <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National parks of England and Wales">national parks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Areas_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty_in_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales">Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a> (AONBs), the heritage coast designation is non-statutory, and designations can only be made with the agreement of local authorities and landowners. However, the majority of heritage coast falls within statutorily designated landscapes such as national parks, AONBs and the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic_Coast" title="Jurassic Coast">Jurassic Coast</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>. These coincident designations are listed in the fourth column of the tables below. Designations for nature conservation (as opposed to landscape, e.g. <a href="/wiki/SSSI" class="mw-redirect" title="SSSI">SSSI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Area_of_Conservation" title="Special Area of Conservation">Special Area of Conservation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Area" title="Special Protection Area">Special Protection Area</a>) of parts of Heritage Coasts are too numerous and complex to easily list here. </p><p>The southern coast of <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> in south west <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> have more heritage coastline per mile than other regions, including over 50% of the coast between <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Davids" title="St Davids">St Davids</a>, about 55-60% of Cornwall's coast, and around 60-65% of Devon's coast. This contrasts with the coasts of <a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West England</a>, where <a href="/wiki/St_Bees_Head" title="St Bees Head">St Bees Head</a> is the only heritage coast, or the south-east stretch of the English Channel which has only very sporadic stretches. </p><p>The first heritage coast was <a href="/wiki/Beachy_Head" title="Beachy Head">Beachy Head</a> with its famous white cliffs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_heritage_coasts">List of heritage coasts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heritage_coast&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of heritage coasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="England">England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heritage_coast&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heritage coasts listed clockwise around the English coast from Northumberland:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="200pt">Heritage coast name </th> <th width="200pt">County (or equivalent) </th> <th width="150pt">Defined length </th> <th width="200pt">Coincident designations </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Northumberland_Coastal_Plain" title="North Northumberland Coastal Plain">Northumberland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">Durham</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, England">Cleveland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Yorkshire" title="North Yorkshire">North Yorkshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Redcar_and_Cleveland" title="Redcar and Cleveland">Redcar and Cleveland</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Mostly within <a href="/wiki/North_York_Moors_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="North York Moors National Park">North York Moors National Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Flamborough_Head" title="Flamborough Head">Flamborough Headland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Spurn" title="Spurn">Spurn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a> </td> <td>5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Norfolk" title="North Norfolk">North Norfolk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk, England">Norfolk</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Foreland" title="South Foreland">South Foreland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Dover, England">Dover</a>-<a href="/wiki/Folkestone" title="Folkestone">Folkestone</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> 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<tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rame_Head" title="Rame Head">Rame Head</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>7.6 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gribbin_Head" class="mw-redirect" title="Gribbin Head">Gribbin Head</a>-<a href="/wiki/Polperro" title="Polperro">Polperro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>24 km </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Devon_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="South Devon AONB">South Devon AONB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roseland_Peninsula" title="Roseland Peninsula">The Roseland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>54.2 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Lizard" title="The Lizard">The Lizard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>27 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isles_of_Scilly" title="Isles of Scilly">Isles of Scilly</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isles_of_Scilly_National_Landscape&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isles of Scilly National Landscape (page does not exist)">Isles of Scilly National Landscape</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penwith" title="Penwith">Penwith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>54 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Godrevy" title="Godrevy">Godrevy</a>-<a href="/wiki/Portreath" title="Portreath">Portreath</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>9 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Agnes,_Cornwall" title="St Agnes, Cornwall">St Agnes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>11 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevose_Head" title="Trevose Head">Trevose Head</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>4 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pentire_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Pentire Point">Pentire Point</a>-<a href="/wiki/Widemouth_Bay" title="Widemouth Bay">Widemouth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>52 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartland,_Devon" title="Hartland, Devon">Hartland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a> </td> <td>11 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hartland,_Devon" title="Hartland, Devon">Hartland (Devon)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> </td> <td>37 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lundy" title="Lundy">Lundy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>None </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Devon_Coast" title="North Devon Coast">North Devon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Devon_AONB" class="mw-redirect" title="North Devon AONB">North Devon AONB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Exmoor" title="Exmoor">Exmoor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Bees_Head" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Bees Head">St. Bees Head</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumbria" title="Cumbria">Cumbria</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wales">Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heritage_coast&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Heritage coasts listed clockwise around Welsh coast from southeast: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="200pt">Heritage coast name </th> <th width="200pt">Unitary authority area(s) </th> <th width="150pt">Defined length </th> <th width="200pt">Coincident designations </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_Heritage_Coast" title="Glamorgan Heritage Coast">Glamorgan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vale_of_Glamorgan" title="Vale of Glamorgan">Vale of Glamorgan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bridgend_County_Borough" title="Bridgend County Borough">Bridgend</a> </td> <td>21.7 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gower" class="mw-redirect" title="Gower">Gower</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swansea" title="Swansea">Swansea</a> </td> <td>55 km </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gower_Peninsula" title="Gower Peninsula">Gower AONB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Pembrokeshire </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire" title="Pembrokeshire">Pembrokeshire</a> </td> <td>66.0 km </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_Coast_National_Park" title="Pembrokeshire Coast National Park">National Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marloes" title="Marloes">Marloes</a> and <a 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<td><a href="/wiki/St_Dogmaels" title="St Dogmaels">St Dogmaels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moylgrove" title="Moylgrove">Moylgrove</a> </td> <td>Pembrokeshire </td> <td>22.5 km </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_Coast_National_Park" title="Pembrokeshire Coast National Park">National Park</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ceredigion </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ceredigion" title="Ceredigion">Ceredigion</a> </td> <td>33.8 km </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ll%C5%B7n" class="mw-redirect" title="Llŷn">Llŷn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwynedd" title="Gwynedd">Gwynedd</a> </td> <td>88.3 km </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ll%C5%B7n" class="mw-redirect" title="Llŷn">Llŷn AONB</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberffraw" title="Aberffraw">Aberffraw Bay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Anglesey" class="mw-redirect" title="Isle of Anglesey">Isle of Anglesey</a> </td> <td>7.7 km </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anglesey_AONB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anglesey AONB (page does 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