UK Coast

Random facts
Wherever you are in the UK, you’re never more than 70 miles from the sea:

Furthest distance from the sea: The Ordnance Survey has calculated that the furthest point from the sea in all of the UK is: Latitude: 52º 43.6'N Longitude: 1º 37.2'W - which is very close to the village of Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire.

The UK’s 17,820 km (11,073 miles) of coastline is host to an array of flora and fauna; in fact more than 40,000 species - around 50% of the UK’s plants and animals - live in our seas - including intricate corals, whales & dolphins, giant (but harmless) basking sharks, seals, puffins and a myriad of fish, crustaceans and molluscs.

Diary UK

 * August 5 - 20 2006 Marine Week

Reference

 * Wildlife Trusts news release