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Which English county possesses the greatest amount of coastline?

Question #88993. Asked by storky1.
Last updated Aug 27 2016.

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If you mean English counties, although I've seen a couple of references to Essex as the longest, I tend to believe it is Cornwall: link http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/beaches-in-cornwall/

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Nov 25 2007, 5:56 AM
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Talking about the historical counties of England I think Cornwall is right.
Its coast is said to be 476,6 km.

However, another site says that Devon has a coast of 433 km at Mean Low Water and 695 km at Mean High Water. Could anyone explain that?



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Nov 25 2007, 8:17 AM
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The answer to author's question is that presumably as the tide goes out, it uncovers all those meandering "fronds" in estuaries and mudflats which add immensely to the coastline.
This has the opposite result on the county's area, as shown by the trick question, which is the smallest English county by area, which I think I'll submit as a new question.


Oops! Just realised that the effect I mentioned would have the opposite effect on the coastline, ie at low water it would be longer. Sorry. Perhaps that reference has it wrong.

Nov 25 2007, 11:26 AM
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