Heritage Coast - Definition and Overview

A Heritage Coast is a strip of coastline designated by the Countryside Agency in England and Wales.

These coastlines are managed to conserve their natural beauty and improve accessibility for visitors.

The first Heritage Coast was Beachy Head with its famous white cliffs.

Full list of Heritage Coasts

• Dover-Folkestone
• East Devon
• Exmoor
• Flamborough Headland
• Godrevy-Portreath
• Gribbin Head-Polperro, also part of South Devon AONB
• Hamstead, Isle of Wight
• Hartland (Cornwall only)
• Hartland (Devon)
• Isles of Scilly
• Lundy
• North Devon
• North Norfolk
• North Northumberland
• North Yorkshire and Cleveland
• Pentire Point - Widemouth
• Penwith
• Purbeck
• Rame Head
• St Agnes
• St. Bees Head
• South Devon
• South Foreland
• Spurn
• Suffolk
• Sussex Downs
• Tennyson, Isle of Wight
• The Lizard
• The Roseland
• Trevose Head
• West Dorset