46:, 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. For England this national agency is
86:(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
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222:
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185:
87:
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275:
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437:Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site
417:Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site
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18:Heritage Coast (England and Wales)
235:North York Moors National Park
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268:5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi)
143:The first heritage coast was
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60:Countryside Council for Wales
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99:Special Area of Conservation
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175:Coincident designations
169:County (or equivalent)
151:List of heritage coasts
103:Special Protection Area
56:Natural Resources Wales
108:The southern coast of
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782:Heritage coast name
242:Flamborough Headland
227:Redcar and Cleveland
166:Heritage coast name
66:Designated coastline
896:St Davids Peninsula
91:World Heritage Site
394:Isle of Wight AONB
375:Isle of Wight AONB
134:North West England
52:Countryside Agency
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1138:Natural England,
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623:11 km
585:54 km
552:27 km
515:24 km
469:South Devon
433:Dorset AONB
413:Dorset AONB
145:Beachy Head
1153:Categories
1110:27 January
1084:27 January
1061:References
1043:Great Orme
957:Ceredigion
914:Dinas Head
831:Gower AONB
640:4 km
606:9 km
543:The Lizard
446:East Devon
328:Folkestone
982:Llŷn AONB
936:Moylgrove
797:Glamorgan
652:Widemouth
597:Portreath
485:Rame Head
218:Cleveland
130:St Davids
72:coastline
36:coastline
1120:cite web
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593:Godrevy
576:Penwith
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156:England
126:Cardiff
122:England
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1079:GOV.UK
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324:Dover
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