Britains coastline

My favorite parts of the British coastline are wild, windswept and full of rock pools

Left : Tintagel

Right : Birling Gap

Dungerness with Derek Jarmans wonderful garden in the shingle
............................................. and Blackpool is fun if you like "Kiss Me Quick" hats and saucy postcards

 

 

 

But How Long Is the Coast of Britain?

Mandelbrot's statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension

The mapping authority for the United Kingdom, the Ordnance Survey, records the coastline of the main island, Great Britain, as 11,072.76 miles rounding to 11,073 miles (17,820 km).

If the larger islands are added the coastline, as measured by the standard method at Mean High Water Mark, rises to about 19,491 miles (31,368 km).

According to the CIA Factbook, the length of the UK coastline is around 12,429 km or 7723 miles.