English Coast News

The government has approved a plan to site one of the largest offshore windfarms in the UK off the Cumbrian coast at Duddon Sands (Walney Island). The developers Morecambe Wind say the turbines will power 372,000 homes.

Energy Secretary John Hutton has also approved updated plans for a separate 30 turbine windfarm near the island. He said: “These windfarms demonstrate our commitment to dramatically increase the amount of energy we generate from renewable sources, helping to cut the UK’s carbon emissions and secure our energy supplies.”.

Source: BBC News

The Independent website has published an interesting list of little known coasts, woodlands and gardens in their This Britain section. Of particular interest to English Coast of course is the coastal list:

1. Rathlin Island (Northern Ireland)
2. Isle of Eigg (Scotland)
3. Silecroft, Cumbria
4. Arnside, Cumbria
5. Llandudno Pier (Wales)
6. Skomer Island (Wales)
8. Clevedon Pier, Somerset
9. Watchet, Somerset
10. Wembury, Devon
11. Pednevounder Beach, Cornwall
12. Brownsea Island, Dorset
13. St Nectan’s Glen, Cornwall
14. Pagham Harbour, West Sussex
15. Minnis Bay, Kent
16. Horsey Beach, Norfolk
17. Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire
18. Spurn Head, Yorkshire
19. Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
20. Isle of May (Scotland)

We recomend visiting the Secret Britain page for full details of each location, although some of the above are already included on the main English Coast site so we will link in to those pages soon.