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Below is a list of headlands of the United Kingdom sorted by county. Names are derived from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 scale maps of Scotland , England , and Wales . England
Headlands of England by county (7 C) Pages in category "Headlands of England" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect ...
Category: Headlands of England by county. 1 language. ... Headlands of the Isle of Wight (7 P) K. Headlands of Kent (6 P) N. Headlands of North Yorkshire (2 P) S.
Headlands and bays form on discordant coastlines, where bands of rock of alternating resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form when weak (less resistant) rocks (such as sands and clays ) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as chalk , limestone , and granite ) forming a headland, or peninsula .
Headlands of England by county (7 C) W. Headlands of Wales by principal area (8 C) This page was last edited on 3 July 2015, at 16:54 (UTC). Text is ...
The coastline of the United Kingdom is formed by a variety of natural features including islands, bays, headlands and peninsulas. It consists of the coastline of the island of Great Britain, the north-east coast of the island of Ireland, as well as many much smaller islands. Much of the coastline is accessible and quite varied in geography and ...
Headlands of England (1 C, 11 P) N. Headlands of Northern Ireland (2 C) S. Headlands of Scotland (56 P) W. Headlands of Wales (1 C) This page was last edited on 7 ...
Built in 1669, this is the oldest surviving complete lighthouse in England. Flamborough Head (/ ˈ f l æ m b ər ə /) is a promontory, 8 miles (13 km) long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs.