The inshore coastal areas of the United Kingdom are 15 fixed stretches of coastline that are used in weather forecasting especially for wind-powered or small coastal craft. Each area is delimited by geographical features such as headlands, seaports or estuaries. When used as part of a broadcast weather forecast they are mentioned in the same order, clockwise round the mainland starting and finishing in the north west of the island of Great Britain. The Isle of Man is included in the forecasts but it is not part of the United Kingdom.
List of inshore coastal areas
Cape Wrath – Rattray Head including Orkney
Rattray Head – Berwick on Tweed
Berwick on Tweed – Whitby
Whitby – Gibraltar Point
Gibraltar Point – North Foreland
North Foreland – Selsey Bill
Selsey Bill – Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis – Land's End including the Isles of Scilly
Land's End – St David's Head including the Bristol Channel
St David's Head – Great Orme's Head including St George's Channel
Great Orme's Head – Mull of Galloway
Isle of Man
Lough Foyle – Carlingford Lough (covers the entire coastline of Northern Ireland) Mull of Galloway – Mull of Kintyre including the Firth of Clyde and the North Channel Mull of Kintyre – Ardnamurchan Point Ardnamurchan Point – Cape Wrath including the Outer Hebrides Shetland Isles
The BBC's coastal forecast splits some of these into shorter lengths of coast. The points at which they are split are Duncansby Head, Fife Ness, Harwich, Thames Estuary, Beachy Head, The Solent, St Albans Head, Start Point, Hartland Point, Holyhead, Morecambe Bay, Firth of Clyde. Additionally, there is a forecast for the Channel Islands.