The coast

The white chalk waves of the Seven Sisters, falling to the Channel.

East Sussex

Britain's southernmost point with lighthouse and cliffs.

Cornwall

Lily ponds meeting the sea at Broad Haven South.

Pembrokeshire

Cumbria's only sea cliffs, Coast-to-Coast start.

6.1 km² · Cumbria

Slender sand spit curling into the Humber.

18 km² · East Riding of Yorkshire

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

165 km² · Dorset

Conical headland topped by a chapel.

3.5 km² · Cornwall

Pinewoods, tall dunes and a wide beach on the coast north of Liverpool, home to red squirrels and ancient footprints uncovered by the tide

Merseyside

A west-coast surf beach on the Isle of Wight, backed by coloured cliffs, open downs and dinosaur footprints in the rocks

Isle of Wight

Highest cliff on England's south coast.

Dorset

The National Trust's stretch of the White Cliffs of Dover, with a breezy clifftop walk out to a lighthouse above the Channel

Kent

Rugged headland at Wales's western tip.

Pembrokeshire

Four miles of soft Dorset sand between Old Harry Rocks and Poole Harbour, with wild heath and dunes at its back

Dorset

Chalk cliffs and dry valleys sheared off by the sea, linked by the switchback path between Seven Sisters and Beachy Head

23 km² · East Sussex

Purple heather and gorse above a lost coast.

Suffolk

Winter beach thronged with grey seal pups.

Norfolk

Wild Lizard clifftops between Mullion and Kynance, rich in rare heathland flowers.

Cornwall

Twin-humped Iron Age cliff promontory.

110 km² · Cornwall