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is such that there are many headlands along its coast. This incomplete list includes both major and minor headlands running clockwise around the coast from
Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
. The more significant ones have been tagged with an *. Headlands around the British coast are most commonly named as 'point', 'ness' or 'head' though 'trwyn' (nose), 'penrhyn' (peninsula) and 'pen' (head) are common in Wales as is 'rubha' in western Scotland. Below is a list of headlands of the United Kingdom sorted by county. Names are derived from
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Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
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England

From the Scottish border in the vicinity of
Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recor ...
clockwise around the English coast to the
Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
border at
Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western ...
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Northumberland

* Hud's Head * Cheese sniper * Lowmoor Point * Tealhole Point * Guile Point* *Ross Point *Kiln Point *Budle Point *Blackrocks Point *Snook or North Sunderland Point* *Red Brae or Dell Point *Newton Point *Castle Point *Cullernose Point *Seaton Point *Pan Point *Wellhaugh Point *Snab Point *Beacon Point *Newbiggin Point *Spital Point *Crag Point *Curry's Point *Brown's Point *Tynemouth North Point *Sharpness Point *Freestone Point


Lindisfarne

Listed clockwise from causeway: *Snook Point *Snipe Pint Dab *Emmanuel Head* *Castle Point*


County Durham

*Trow Point *Lizard Point *Souter Point *Nose's Point *Chourdon Point *Hive Point *Beacon Point* *Shippersea Point *Hartlepool Ponjint *Inscar Point


North Riding of Yorkshire

*Ness Point or North Cheek* *Old Peak or South Cheek *Blea Wyke Point *Hundale Point *Long Nab *Cromer Point *Scalby Ness *White Nab * Osgodby Point


East Riding of Yorkshire

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Filey Brigg Filey Brigg is a long narrow peninsula situated about a mile north of Filey, North Yorkshire. Its steep cliffs are 20 metres high and consist of a variety of material, from pure sandstone to pure limestone. The landward end of the peninsula o ...
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Flamborough Head Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the olde ...
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Spurn Head Spurn is a narrow sand tidal island located off the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber Estuary. It was a spit with a semi-permanent co ...
* *Hawkin's Point


Lincolnshire

* Whitton Ness * Skitter Ness * Northcoates Point *
Donna Nook Donna Nook is a point on the low-lying coast of north Lincolnshire, England, north of the village of North Somercotes and south of Grimsby. The area, a salt marsh, is used by a number of Royal Air Force stations in Lincolnshire for bombing pract ...
* * Chapel Point * Ingoldmells Point *
Gibraltar Point Gibraltar Point may refer to: * Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire Gibraltar Point national nature reserve is an area of about on the coast of Lincolnshire, England. The reserve is owned by Lincolnshire County Council and East Lindsey District C ...
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Norfolk

* St Edmund's Point * Gore Point * Scolt Head * High Cape *
Blakeney Point Blakeney Point (designated as Blakeney National Nature Reserve) is a national nature reserve situated near to the villages of Blakeney, Morston and Cley next the Sea on the north coast of Norfolk, England. Its main feature is a 6.4 km (4& ...
* * Marl Point * Little Marl Point * Winterton Ness * Caister Point


Suffolk

*
Lowestoft Ness Ness Point, also known as Lowestoft Ness, is the most easterly point of England, Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. It is located in Lowestoft in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The site is located to ...
* (most easterly point of England, Great Britain, UK) * Benacre Ness * Thorpe Ness *
Orford Ness Orford Ness is a cuspate foreland shingle spit on the Suffolk coast in Great Britain, linked to the mainland at Aldeburgh and stretching along the coast to Orford and down to North Weir Point, opposite Shingle Street. It is divided from the m ...
* * Landguard Point * Fagbury Point * Hall Point * Collimer Point * Bloody Point / Shotley Point * Erwarton Ness * Stutton Ness


Essex

* Wrabness Point * Stone Point (west) *Stone Point (east) * The Naze* *Sandy Point *Chevaux de frise Point *Colne Point *Sandy Point *St Osyth Stone Point *Westmarsh Point *Aldboro Point *Shinglehead Point *Mill Point *Decoy Point * Hilly Pool Point (Northey Island) *Mundon Stone Point *Sales Point *Tip Head *Holliwell Point *Landsend Point *Black Point *Gardenness Point *(multiple points on south shore of Crouch estuary) *Wallasea Ness *Blackedge Point *Barling Ness *Potton Point *Smallgains Point *Nase Point *Foulness Point *(multiple points on shore of Foulness) *Haven Point * Shoebury Ness* *Canvey Point *Leighbeck Point *Deadman's Point *Shellhaven Point *Holehaven Point *Coalhouse Point *Tilbury Ness *Stone Ness


Greater London

*Coldharbour Point *Barking or False Point *Margaret or Tripcock Ness *Cross Ness *Jenningtree Point *Crayford Ness


Kent

*Broadness *Lower Hope Point *West Point *Foreness Point *White Ness *
North Foreland North Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England, specifically in Broadstairs. With the rest of Broadstairs and part of Ramsgate it is the eastern side of Kent's largest peninsula, the Isle of Thanet. It presents a bo ...
* *Shell Ness *Hope Point *
South Foreland South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover. It is centred northeast of Dover and 15 miles south of North Foreland. It includes ...
* *Copt Point *
Dungeness Dungeness () is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness spans Dungeness Nuclear Power Station, the hamlet ...
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Isle of Sheppey

Listed clockwise from Kingsferry Bridge: *Garrison Point *Barton's Point *Warden Point *Shell Ness *Spitend Point


East Sussex

*Langney Point *
Beachy Head Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, England. It is situated close to Eastbourne, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. Beachy Head is located within the administrative area of Eastbourne Borough Council which owns the land, formin ...
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West Sussex

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Selsey Bill Selsey Bill is a headland into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex. The southernmost town in Sussex is Selsey which is at the end of the Manhood Peninsula and ''Selsey Bill'' is situated on the town's so ...
* *East Head *Cobnor Point *Longmere Point *Marker Point


Hampshire

*Gilkicker Point *Browndown Point *
Calshot Spit Calshot Spit is a one-mile long sand and slate, shingle bank, near the village of Calshot, located on the southern bank of the open end of Southampton Water, on the south coast of England.OS Explorer Map, New Forest, Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Or ...
*Stone Point *Needs Ore Point * Hurst Castle Spit


Hayling Island

*Black Point *Eastoke Point


Isle of Wight

Listed clockwise from
East Cowes East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. The two towns are connected by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry operated by the Isle ...
*Old Castle Point *Puckpool Point *Nettlestone Point *Horestone Point *Node's Point *Bembridge Point *Foreland * Dunnose *Woody Point *Binnel Point *
St. Catherine's Point St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor. On nearby St Catherine's Down is St Catherine's Oratory, l ...
* *Atherfield Point *Hanover Point *New Ditch Point *
The Needles The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay and Scratchell's Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmo ...
* *Hatherwood Point *Warden Point *Sconce Point *Hamstead Point *Egypt Point


Dorset

*
Hengistbury Head Hengistbury Head (), formerly also called Christchurch Head, is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the English county of Dorset. It is a site of international importance in terms of its archaeology ...
* *North Haven Point *South Haven Point *The Foreland or Handfast Point* *
Ballard Point Ballard Down is an area of chalk downland on the Purbeck Hills in the English county of Dorset. The hills meet the English Channel here, and Ballard Down forms a headland, Ballard Point, between Studland Bay to the north and Swanage Bay to the ...
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Peveril Point Peveril Point is a promontory on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay. It is located at OS Grid Ref: SZ 041 787. The rocks that make up ...
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Durlston Head Durlston Bay (also known as Durdlestone Bay) is a small bay next to a country park of the same name, just south of the resort of Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It has been a renowned site for Lower Cretaceous fossils since th ...
* *Anvil Point *St Aldhelm's Point or
St Alban's Head St Alban's Head (corruption of St Aldhelms Head) is a headland located southwest of Swanage, on the coast of Dorset, England. It is the most southerly part of the Isle of Purbeck, Purbeck peninsula, and comprises an outcrop of Portland Stone fr ...
*Egmont Point *
Worbarrow Tout Worbarrow Tout is a promontory at the eastern end of Worbarrow Bay on Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the south coast of England, about south of Wareham and about west of Swanage. Immediately to its east is Pondfield Cove. Worbarrow Tout ("tou ...
*Bat's Head *
White Nothe White Nothe (meaning "White Nose") is a chalk headland on the English Channel coast at the eastern end of Ringstead Bay, east of Weymouth in Dorset, England. The area is well known for its geology and fossils. Its flanks are the result of preh ...
*Redcliff Point *
Portland Bill Portland Bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) at the southern end of the Isle of Portland, and the southernmost point of Dorset, England. One of Portland's most popular destinations is Portland Bill Lighthouse. Portland's coast has been notorio ...
or Bill of Portland* *
Golden Cap Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. At , it is arguably the highest point on the south coast of Great Britain (although the highest point is set back some 250m fr ...


South Devon

*Beer Head *
Straight Point Straight Point is a coastal region, forming a headland, between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton in Devon on the south coast of England. Location Straight Point is about south of the city of Exeter, southeast of Exmouth and about southwest o ...
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Orcombe Point Orcombe Point is a coastal feature near Exmouth, Devon, on the south coast of England. It lies about south of the city of Exeter, southeast of Exmouth town centre and about southwest of Sidmouth. Directly to the west lies Exmouth Beach an ...
*Hope's Nose *
Berry Head Berry Head is a coastal headland that forms the southern boundary of Tor Bay in Devon, England. Lying to the east of the town of Brixham, it is a national nature reserve and a local nature reserve. Berry Head To Sharkham Point is a Site of Sp ...
* Sharkham Point *Scabbacombe Head * Start Point *
Prawle Point Prawle Point ( oe, Prǣwhyll, "lookout hill") is a coastal headland in south Devon, England. It is the southernmost point of Devon. Just to the west is Elender Cove, and further west are Gammons Head Beach, also known as Maceley Cove, and Gammo ...
*Gammon Head *
Bolt Head Bolt Head is a National Trust headland on the South Coast of Devon, England, United Kingdom, situated west of the Kingsbridge Estuary. ...
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Bolt Tail Bolt Tail is a headland in Devon, England, immediately to the southwest of Hope Cove in the South Hams district, at grid reference . Bolt Tail is the site of an Iron Age hill fort, promontory fort, although little evidence now remains of this s ...
*Beacon Point *Stoke Point *Gara Point * Wembury Point


Cornwall

* Penlee Point *
Rame Head Rame Head or Ram Head ( kw, Penn an Hordh) is a coastal headland, southwest of the village of Rame, Maker-with-Rame, Rame in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is part of the larger Rame Peninsula. History and antiquities The natural ...
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Gribbin Head Gribbin Head ( kw, an Gribyn) is a promontory on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK, owned and managed by the National Trust. It separates St Austell Bay from the estuary of the River Fowey and is marked by a large tower used to aid navig ...
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Dodman Point Dodman Point (Cornish: Penn Den Varow) near Mevagissey is the highest headland on the south Cornwall coast, measuring . It is also known by its earlier names of the Deadman and Deadman's Point. It hosts the remains of an Iron Age promontory f ...
*Nare Head * Zone Point *Pendennis Point *Rosemullion Head *Manacle Point * Lizard Point *
Land's End Land's End ( kw, Penn an Wlas or ''Pedn an Wlas'') is a headland and tourist and holiday complex in western Cornwall, England, on the Penwith peninsula about west-south-west of Penzance at the western end of the A30 road. To the east of it is ...
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Cape Cornwall Cape Cornwall ( kw, Kilgoodh Ust, meaning "goose back of St Just") is a small headland in West Cornwall, UK. It is four miles north of Land's End near the town of St Just.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Until the first O ...
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Zennor Head Zennor Head is a 750-metre (2,460 ft) long promontory on the Cornwall, Cornish coast of England, between Pendour Cove and Porthzennor Cove. Facing the Atlantic Ocean, it lies 1 kilometre north-west of the village of Zennor and 1.6 kilometr ...
*St Ives Head *Godrevy Point *St Agnes Head *Ligger Point *Penhale Point *Kelsey Head *
Towan Head Towan Head ( kw, Penn Tewyn) is a headland one mile west of Newquay on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey Landranger 2000: Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000 It is at the western end of Newquay Bay. The headland ...
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Trevose Head Trevose Head ( kw, Penn Trenfos, meaning ''farm of the wall's headland'') () is a headland on the Atlantic coast of north Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately west of Padstow. The South West Coast Path runs around the whole pr ...
* Pentire Point * Tintagel Head *Cambeak *Pencarrow Point *Lower Sharpnose Point *Higher Sharpnose Point


North Devon

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Hartland Point Hartland Point is a high rocky outcrop of land on the north-western tip of the Devon coast in England. It is three miles (5 km) north-west of the village of Hartland. The point marks the western limit (on the English side) of the Bristol C ...
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Baggy Point Baggy Point is a headland in north Devon, England. It separates Croyde Bay and Morte Bay which includes the beaches of Woolacombe and Putsborough. There is evidence of human occupation from the Mesolithic era. It was used during World War II ...
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Morte Point Morte Point is a peninsula on the north west coast of Devon, England, belonging to the National Trust. To the east is the village of Mortehoe and to the south is the seaside resort of Woolacombe. In the summer season, tractor and trailer ride ...
*Bull Point *
Foreland Point Foreland Point is a rocky headland in Devon near Lynmouth, and is the most northerly point along the Devon and Exmoor coast. The highest cliff is above the high tide, although the highest point of the entire headland is near Countisbury (a v ...


Somerset

* Hurlstone Point *
Brean Down Brean Down is a promontory off the coast of Somerset, England, standing high and extending into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea. Made of Carboniferous Limestone, it is a ...
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Worlebury Hill Worlebury Hill is the name given to an upland area lying between the flatlands of Weston-super-Mare and the Kewstoke area of North Somerset, England. Worlebury Hill's rises from sea level to its highest point of , and the western end of the hill ...
* Sand Point


Gloucestershire

*
Beachley Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge over the ...


Wales

From the
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Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western ...
clockwise around the Welsh coast to the English border near
Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
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Monmouthshire

* Red Cliff * Black Rock * Sudbrook Point * Gold Cliff


Flat Holm (Cardiff)

From ferry landing clockwise around coast: * Jackdaw Point * Lighthouse Point * Bottlewell Point * North West Point * Castle Point


Glamorganshire

* Penarth Head* *
Lavernock Point Lavernock ( cy, Larnog) is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel. Marconi and the first radio messages across open sea Following over ...
* * East Point ( Sully Island) * West Point (Sully Island) * Hayes Point * Nell's Point * Friar's Point * Storehouse Point * Cold Knap Point *
Rhoose Point Rhoose Point ( cy, Trwyn y Rhws) is a headland and a settlement near the village of Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Rhoose Point is the most southerly settlement of Wales. It may also be the southernmost point of mainland Wales, althoug ...
* (competing with Breaksea Point for most southerly point of mainland Wales) * Watch House Point *
Breaksea Point Breaksea Point is a promontory at the eastern edge of Gileston's Limpert Bay in the Vale of Glamorgan on the south coast of Wales. Breaksea Point is claimed as the southernmost point of mainland Wales, although that is also claimed of nearby Rh ...
(competing with Rhoose Point for most southerly point of mainland Wales) * Summerhouse Point * Stout Point * Pigeon Point * Col-huw Point * St Donat's Point *
Nash Point Nash Point ( cy, Trwyn yr As) is a headland and beach in the Monknash Coast of the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales, about a mile from Marcross. It is a popular location for ramblers and hiking along the cliffs to Llantwit Major beach. The l ...
* * Trwyn y Witch* * Trwyn y March * Newton Point * Rhych Point * Porthcawl Point * Irongate Point * Hutchwns Point *
Sker Point Sker Point is a headland in Bridgend County Borough on the South Wales coast between Port Talbot and Porthcawl. It marks the south end of Kenfig Sands. The placename ''Sker'' is of Old Norse origin, and means skerry. On April 23, 1947, the '' Sa ...
* Witford Point


Gower

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Mumbles Head Mumbles ( cy, Mwmbwls) is a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales. Toponym Mumbles has been noted for its unusual place name. The headland is thought by some to have been named by French sailors, a ...
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Rams Tor In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)Worms Head* * Minor Point * Foxhole Point * Twlc Point * Whiteford Point * Salthouse Point * Dalton's Point


Carmarthenshire

* Tywyn Point * Ferry Point * Wharley Point * Ginst Point * Gilman Point * Ragwen Point * Telpyn Point


Pembrokeshire


South coast

From the Carmarthenshire border west to the Angle peninsula: * Coppet Hall Point * Monkstone Point * Bowman's Point * Second Point * First Point * Giltar Point * Valleyfield Top * Proud Giltar * Lydstep Point* * Old Castle Head * Priest's Nose * East Moor Cliff * West Moor Cliff * Trewent Point *
Greenala Point Greenala Point is a headland on the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, about a walk south from Pembroke. As part of the former Stackpole Estate, it was acquired by the National Trust in 1976.Pen Dal-aderyn Pen Dal-aderyn is the westernmost point of mainland Wales. It is in Pembrokeshire, west of St Davids. It means 'Bird-catching Head' in Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Britto ...
* Penmaen melyn * Penrhyn Dalar * Point St John * Trwynhwrddyn * Penlledwen


Skokholm Island

From ferry landing clockwise around coast: * Frank's Point * Quarry Point * Long Nose * Little Bay Point * Long Point


Skomer Island

From ferry landing clockwise around coast: * Skomer Point


Ramsey Island coast

From ferry landing clockwise around coast: * Penrhyn Twll * Trwynmynachdy * Trwyn yr Allt * Trwyn Bendro * Trwynllundain * Trwyn-drain-du * Trwyn-Siôn-Owen * Trwyn Ogof Hen


North coast

From St David's Head east to the Ceredigion border: * St David's Head* * Trwyn-llwyd * Penllechwen * Trwyn Porth-coch * Penrhyn Halen * Penrhyn Ffynnon-las * Trwyn Dduallt * Penclegyr * Ynys Gwair * Trwyn Aber-pwll * Trwyncastell * Pen Porth Egr * Penclegyr * Trwyn Elen * Trwyn Llwyd * Pen Castell-coch * Trwyn Llwynog * Penmorfa * Pen Deudraeth * Carreg Golchfa * Llech Dafad * Trwyn Llwyd * Penbwchdy * Dinas Mawr * Penrhyn By * Pen Brush * Strumble Head/Pen-Caer* * Trwyn Llwyd * Pen Capel Degan * Pen Globa * Trwyn Llwyd * Carregwastad Point* * Penfathach * Y Penrhyn * Penanglas * Crincoed Point * Pen-cw * Saddle Point * Castle Point * Penrhyn Ychen * Penrhyn Mawr * Pen Castell * Pen Sidan * Dinas Head* * Trwyn Isaac * Penrhyn y Fforest * Pen-y-bâl * Pen Cafnau * Trwyn y Bwa * Slipping * Carreg Wylan * Pen yr Afr * Carreg Lion *
Cemaes Head Cemaes Head (formerly Cemais, and historically anglicised as Cemmaes, Kemmaes or Kemmes) (Welsh: ''Pen Cemaes'' or ''Trwyn Cemaes'') is a headland and nature reserve in north Pembrokeshire. It lies in the community of St Dogmaels, within the ...
* * Trwyn yr Olchfa * Trwyn Careg-ddu * Cafnau Pen Sidan * Penrhyn Erw-goch


Ceredigion

* Pen yr Ergyd * Craig y Gwbert * Pen Tew * Pen yr Hwbyn * Pencestyll * Pen-Peles * Pencribach * Pen Traeth-bâch * Pen-rhip * Trwyn Crou * New Quay Head * Pen-y-Gloyn * Trwyn Pellaf


Gwynedd


Cardigan Bay coast

* Penrhyn Cregyn * Harlech Point * Trwynypenrhyn * Ynys Cyngar * Penychain * Carreg y Defaid * Trwyn Llanbedrog * Penbennar * Penrhyn Du * Trwyn yr Wylfa * Trwyn Llech-y-doll * Trwyn Cilan * Trwyn y Fulfran * Trwyn Carreg-y-tir * Trwyn y Ffosle * Trwyn Talfarach * Trwyn y Penrhyn * Pen y Cil * Trwyn Bychestyn * Trwyn y Gwyddel * Trwyn Maen Melyn


North coast

* Braich y Pwll * Braich y Noddfa * Braich Anelog * Dinas Bach * Trwyn Glas * Dinas * Trwyn Garreg-lwyd * Penrhyn Mawr * Penrhyn Colmon * Penrhyn Melyn * Penrhyn Cwmistir * Trwyn Porth Dinllaen * Penrhyn Nefyn * Penrhyn Bodeilas * Penrhyn Glas * Trwyn y Gorlech * Trwyn y Tâl * Trwyn Maen Dylan * Fort Belan Point


Anglesey

Listed clockwise from
Menai Bridge Menai Bridge ( cy, Porthaethwy; usually referred to colloquially as Y Borth) is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas T ...
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West coast

* Abermenai Point *
Llanddwyn Island Ynys Llanddwyn (also known as Llanddwyn Island) is a small tidal island off the west coast of Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn), northwest Wales. The nearest settlement is the village of Newborough. Geology and geography The island is of geological ...
* Pen-y-parc * Trwyn y Wylan * Trwyn Ifan * Trwyn Tyllog * Trwyn Euphrates * Braich Parlwr * Penrhyn-hwlad * Trwyn Guter-fudr * Trwyn y Crewyn * Trwyn Cerrigyreryr


Holy Island

Clockwise from Four Mile Bridge: * Rhoscolyn Head * Ravens Point * Penrhyn Mawr


North coast

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Carmel Head Carmel Head ( Welsh: ''Trwyn y Gadair'') is a prominent coastal headland on the northwest tip of the island of Anglesey. It is a designated SSSI because of its geological interest for the Carmel Head Thrust fault where Precambrian rocks have ...
* (Trwyn y Gader) * Trwyn Cemlyn * Trwyn Pencarreg * Trwyn y Galen-ddu * Wylfa Head * Trywn y Penrhyn * Trwyn y Parc * Llanbadrig Point * Llanlleiana Head * Torllwyn * Trwyn Llech * Trwynbychan * Trwyn Myn * Trwyn Costog * Trwyn Penwaig *
Point Lynas Point Lynas Lighthouse ( cy, Goleudy Trwyn y Balog) is located on a headland in Llaneilian Community, on the north-east corner of Anglesey in North Wales (at ). A pilot station was established on the point in 1766, to guide ships entering and l ...
* (Trwyn Eilian)


East coast

* Trwyn Du * Penrhyn Glas * Trwyn Cwmrwd * Trwyn Porth-y-môr * Trwyn Gribin * Trwyn Grupyl * Trwyn Melyn * Penrhyn y Gell * Penrhyn * Trwyn Dwlban * Trwyn Dinmor * Trwyn Penmon * Trwyn y Penrhyn * Gallows Point


Conwy

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Penmaenmawr Penmaenmawr (, ) is a town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, which was formerly in the parish of Dwygyfylchi and the traditional county of Caernarfonshire. It is on the North Wales coast between Conwy and Llanfairfechan and was an i ...
* Penamen-bach Point * Trwyn y Gogarth * Great Orme's Head* * Pen-trwyn * Little Ormes Head * Trwyn y Fuwch * Rhos Point


Flintshire

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Point of Ayr :''There are two other similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayre, Orkney, Scotland.'' Point of Ayr ( cy, Y Parlwr Du) is the northernmost point of mainland Wales. It is situated immediately t ...
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Northwest England


Cheshire

* Hilbre Point * Perch Rock


Lancashire

*Rossall Point * Sunderland Point *Red Nab *Scalestones Point


Cumbria

*Blackstone Point *Holme Island *Blawith Point * Humphrey Head Point *Cowpren Point *Lenibrick Point *Park Head *Hazelhurst Point *Mearness Point *Legbarrow Point *Nab Point *Ashes Point *Hammerside Point *Maskel Point *Westfield Point *Lowsy Point *Hodbarrow Point *Haverigg Point *Drigg Point *
St Bees Head St Bees Head is a headland on the North West coast of the English county of Cumbria and is named after the nearby village of St Bees. It is the only stretch of Heritage Coast on the English coastline between the Welsh and Scottish borders, an ...
*Redness Point *Cunning Point


Scotland


Dumfries-shire

*Redkirk Point *Torduff Point *Barnkirk Point *Scar Point


Kirkcudbrightshire

*Airds Point *Hogus Point *Borron Point *Southerness Point *Craigneuk Point *Castlehill Point *Isle Point *Almorness Point *Girvellan Point *Torr Point *Balcary Point *Airds Point *Castle Muir Point *Abbey Head *Netherlaw Point *Gipsy Point *Torrs Point *Point of the Isle *Castledykes Point *Gibbhill Point *Bar Point *Manor Point *Mull Point *Dunrod Point *Point of Green *Borness Point *Ringdoo Point *Meggerland Point *Corseyard Point *Point of the Bar *Carrick Point *Craigmore Point *Rough Point (south) *Rough Point (north) *Ringdoo Point *Ravenshall Point


Wigtownshire

*Innerwell Point *Port McGean Point *Castle Head *Eggerness Point *Dumbie Point *Sliddery Point *Cruggleton Point *Palmallet Point *Shaddock Point *Cairn Head *Steinhead Point *Stein Head *Isle Head *Broom Point *
Burrow Head Burrow Head is the southernmost tip of the Machars peninsula in south-west Scotland. It is located approximately two miles south-west of Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire and is the second southernmost point of Scotland (after the Mull of Galloway ...
*Point of Cairndoon *Point of Lag *Barsalloch Point *Saltpan Point *Clone Point *Barr Point *Milton Point *Slackmore Point *Kilfillan Point *Ringdoo Point *Purdie's Point *Blagowan Point *Myroch Point *Terally Point *Grennan Point *Cailiness Point *
Mull of Galloway The Mull of Galloway ( gd, Maol nan Gall, ; ) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula. The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natur ...
*Carrickcarlin Point *Lythe Head


Ayrshire

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Bennane Head Bennane Head is a tapering piece of land formed of hard rock projecting into the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, at the northern end of Ballantrae Bay, southwest of Girvan Girvan ( gd, Inbhir Gharbhain, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh an ...


Argyllshire

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Mull of Kintyre The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly ''Cantyre'') in southwest Scotland. From here, the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland is visible on a calm and clear day, and a historic lighthouse, the second ...
Islay Islay ( ; gd, Ìle, sco, Ila) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll just south west of Jura, Scotland, Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The isl ...
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Inverness-shire

Isle of Harris Harris ( gd, Na Hearadh, ) is the southern and more mountainous part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to in opposition to the ''Isle of Lewis'' as t ...
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Eilean Glas, Scalpay Eilean Glas is a peninsula of Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Eilean Glas is home to a historic lighthouse. Eilean Glas means ''Grey/Green Island'' in Gaelic. Geography Eilean Glas lies on the west coast of Scalpay at . The island is ...
North Uist North Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Tuath; sco, North Uise) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Etymology In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula and ...
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Weavers Point Weavers Point ( gd, Rubha an Fhigheadair) is a headland to the north of the entrance to Loch Maddy, on the north eastern coastline of North Uist in the Western Isles of Scotland. There has been a lighthouse on the headland since 1980. Lighthouse ...
* Aird an Rùnair
South Uist South Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Deas, ; sco, Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the ...
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Ushenish Ushenish is a headland on the remote east coast of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Ushenish Lighthouse The Ushenish Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. History Ushenish Lighthouse ...
Barra Isles The Barra Isles, also known as the Bishop's Isles, are a small archipelago in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. They lie south of the island of Barra, for which they are named. The group consists of nine islands and numerous rocky islets, skerries, ...
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Barra Head Barra Head, also known as Berneray ( gd, Beàrnaraigh; sco, Barra Heid), is the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago. Originally, Barra Head only r ...
Isle of Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated ...
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Neist Point Neist Point ( gd, Rubha na h-Eist) is a viewpoint on the most westerly point of Skye. Neist Point Lighthouse has been located there since 1909. Geography Neist Point is the most westerly point on the Duirinish peninsula on the Isle of Skye. It ...
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Waternish Waternish or Vaternish ( gd, Bhàtairnis) is a peninsula approximately long on the island of Skye, Scotland, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the northwest of the island, and originally inhabited and owned by Clan MacNeacail/M ...


Ross and Cromarty

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Corrachadh Mòr ETRS89 (; ) is a headland on the peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, notable for being the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain. It is further west than Land's End in Cornwall. Depending on which coordinates are used ...
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Ardnamurchan Point Ardnamurchan (, gd, Àird nam Murchan: headland of the great seas) is a peninsula in the ward management area of Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, noted for being very unspoiled and undisturbed. Its remoteness is accentuated by the main access ...
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Redpoint Redpoint ( gd, An Rubha Dearg) is a small settlement in the north west of Highland, Scotland. It takes its name from Red Point, a low promontory to the south, which marks a turn in the coastline from facing west to south east as it becomes Loc ...
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Rua Reidh Lighthouse Rua Reidh Lighthouse stands close to the entrance to Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland. History The name "Rua Reidh" is a semi-anglicisation of "Rubha Rèidh" meaning a flat headland. A lighthouse on Rubh'Re Point was first proposed by David ...
Isle of Lewis The Isle of Lewis ( gd, Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis ( gd, Leòdhas, ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as ...
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Butt of Lewis The Butt of Lewis ( gd, Rubha Robhanais) is the most northerly point of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The headland, which lies in the North Atlantic, is frequently battered by heavy swells and storms and is marked by the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse ...
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Tiumpan Head Tiumpan Head (Scottish Gaelic:''Rubha an Tiùmpain'' or ''Rudha an Tiùmpain'') is the north-eastern end of the Point peninsula on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Tiumpan Head Lighthouse has marked the western limit of The Min ...


Sutherland

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Stoer Head Stoer Head (Rubha Stoer in Scots Gaelic) is a point of land north of Lochinver and the township of Stoer in Sutherland, NW Scotland. The lighthouse on the point marks the northern entrance to The Minch The Minch ( gd, An Cuan Sgitheanach, ...
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Cape Wrath Cape Wrath ( gd, Am Parbh, known as ' in Lewis) is a cape in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the most north-westerly point in mainland Britain. The cape is separated from the rest of the mai ...
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Faraid Head Faraid Head ( gd, An Fharaird) is a small peninsula on the northern coast of Sutherland, Highland, Scotland, located around north of the hamlet of Balnakeil and north of Durness. At the point is located a small radar station built in the 1950 ...


Caithness

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Dunnet Head Dunnet Head ( gd, Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland. Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain. Geography The point, also known as Easter ...
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Holborn Head Holborn Head is a headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. The ''point'' of Holborn Head is at (grid reference ). It has a lighthouse at its south end and the remains of an old fort at its tip. ...
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Duncansby Head Duncansby Head ( gd, Ceann Dhunngain or Dùn Gasbaith) is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km (12 mi) east-southeast of Dunnet Hea ...


Ross and Cromarty

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Tarbat Ness Tarbat Ness (Scottish Gaelic: ''Rubha Thairbeirt'') is headland that lies at the end of the Tarbat peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic ''tairbeart'' meaning "isthmus" and the Old Norse ''ness'', meaning "headland". It l ...


Aberdeenshire

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Kinnaird Head Kinnaird Head ( gd, An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the ...
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Rattray Head Rattray Head (), historically Rattray Point, is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north-east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south. The dunes at Rattray Head beach can be up to high and stretch ...
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Keith Inch Keith Inch (originally ''Keith Insche'', ''Keithinche'' or ''Caikinche'') is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland, having formerly been an island. It is located in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming the north point of Peterhead Bay at . I ...
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Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census. ...
* Hackley Head * Hare Ness * Downie Point * Bowdun Head *
Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle ( gd, Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-eastern coast of Scotland, about south of Stonehaven. The surviving buildings are largely of the 1 ...
* Milton Ness


Fife

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Fife Ness Fife Ness ( gd, Rubha Fiobha) is a headland forming the most eastern point in Fife, Scotland. Anciently the area was called Muck Ross, which is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic ''Muc-Rois'' meaning "Headland of the Pigs". It is situated in t ...


Berwickshire

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Siccar Point Siccar Point is a rocky promontory in the county of Berwickshire on the east coast of Scotland. It is famous in the history of geology for Hutton's Unconformity found in 1788, which James Hutton regarded as conclusive proof of his uniformitar ...
* St Abb's Head


Orkney

Westray Westray (, sco, Westree) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a usual resident population of just under 600 people. Its main village is Pierowall, with a heritage centre, the 15th-century Lady Kirk church and pedestrian ferry servic ...
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Rapness Rapness is a settlement on the island of Westray in Orkney, Scotland. The slipway is the ferry terminal for the Orkney Ferries crossing from Kirkwall on the Mainland of Orkney and to/from the nearby island of Papa Westray. The B9066 road runs fr ...
South Ronaldsay South Ronaldsay (, also , sco, Sooth Ronalshee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. It is linked to the Orkney Mainland by the Churchill Barriers, running via Burray, Glimps Holm and Lamb Holm. Name Along with North R ...
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Orkney Mainland The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connections. Seventy-five per cent of O ...
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Point of Hellia The Point of Hellia is a headland on the northwest coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. This landform extends into the southern part of Eynhallow Sound, a seaway of the North Sea. Gurness, an Iron Age broch promontory fort, is situated on t ...
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Point of Ayre, Orkney :''There are also two similarly named points in the British Isles: Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and Point of Ayr, Wales.'' Point of Ayre is a headland in the parish of Deerness, in the East Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Overlooking the Copinsay P ...


Shetland

Unst Unst (; sco, Unst; nrn, Ønst) is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is the northernmost of the inhabited British Isles and is the third-largest island in Shetland after Mainland and Yell. It has an area of . Unst ...
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Hermaness Hermaness is the northernmost headland of Unst, the most northerly inhabited island of Shetland, Scotland. It consists of huge sea cliffs and moorland, making it an ideal habitat for a variety of birds. Hermaness was designated a national nature ...
Shetland Mainland The Mainland is the main island of Shetland, Scotland. The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections. Geography It has an area of , making it the third-largest Scottish island and ...
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Sumburgh Head Sumburgh Head is a headland located at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. The head consists of a 100 m high rocky spur and topped by the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse. In the Old Norse language, Sumburgh Head was cal ...


Northern Ireland


County Londonderry

* Culmore Point *
Magilligan Point Magilligan () is a peninsula that lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle, within Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is an extensive coastal site, part British army firing range, par ...
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County Antrim

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Ramore Head Ramore Head () is a rocky headland in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Overview The headland, pointing north-northwest, is the tip of the peninsula on which the town of Portrush lies. The area of the headland is an Area of Special Sc ...
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Giants Causeway The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (5 km) northeast of ...
* * Benbane Head* * Bengore Head * Contham Head * Geeraagh Point * Gid Point * Larry Bane Head * Kinbane or White Head * Benmore or Fair Head* (northernmost point of Northern Ireland) * Drumnakill Point * Ruebane Point * Torr Head * Crockan Point * Runabay Head * Tornamoney Point * Limerick Point * Garron Point* * Hunter's Point * Straidkilly Point * Park Head * Whitebay Point * Ballygalley Head * Curran Point * Dalaradia Point * Barney's Point * Ferris Point * Barr's Point * Skernaghan Point * Black Head * White Head * Cloghan Point * Macedon Point


County Down

* Grey Point * Swineley Point * Wilsons Point * Lukes Point * Ballymacormick Point * Sheep Point * Orlock Point * Rogers Point * Foreland Point * Dormans Point * Robbys Point * James Point * Ballyferis Point *
Burr Point Burr Point is the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, ...
* (easternmost point of mainland of Northern Ireland) * Ringboy Point * Slanes Point * Kearney Point * Ballyquintin Point * Carrstown Point * Ringburr Point (in
Strangford Lough Strangford Lough (from Old Norse ''Strangr Fjörðr'', meaning "strong sea-inlet"PlaceNames N ...
) * Kilclief Point * Mullog Point * Killard Point * Cloghan Head * Phennick Point * Ringfad Point * Crane Point * Curlew Point * Corbet Head * St John's Point * Corely Point * Rathmullan Point * Ringsallin Point * Dunmore Head * Russells Point * Murphy's Point * Danes' Bridge Point * Ballykeel Point * Lee Stone Point * Crawfords Point * Nicholsons Point *
Cranfield Point Cranfield Point ( ga, Pointe Chreamhchoille) is the southernmost point of Northern Ireland. It is located at the mouth of Carlingford Lough in the townland of Cranfield, County Down. It was once the site of the Cranfield Point lighthouse, markin ...
* (southernmost point of Northern Ireland) * Soldiers Point * Greencastle Point * Killowen Point * Dobbin's Point *
Warrenpoint Warrenpoint ( ga, An Pointe) is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town is beside t ...


See also

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List of spits of the United Kingdom There are many examples of spit (landform), spits around the world. Some of which include: By sea Azov Sea ;Russia * Achuevsk Spit * Beglitsk Spit * Chushka Spit * Dolgaya Spit * Glafirovsk Spit * Kamyshevatsk Spit * Gully of Petrushino, Pet ...
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Coastal landforms of Ireland Ireland is an island surrounded by water, with a coastline. This list catalogues about 400 of the coastal landforms of the island including bays, estuaries, harbours, headlands, and many others.* United Kingdom geography-related lists