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20-533: 1,057 km of the English coastline and 495 km of the Welsh coastline, in both cases approximately one-third of the total length, have been defined as heritage coast. The goal is to conserve their natural beauty and improve accessibility for visitors. Unlike national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), the heritage coast designation is non-statutory, and designations can only be made with

40-562: A charter giving land in the area to Wulfrige the Black. This formed part of a much larger estate covering many of the villages in the area. Coton would seem to have been roughly in the centre of this estate. It would appear that it was a crossroads as there is an old lane which runs all the way from Tamworth through Coton and on northwards towards Burton on Trent . At the time of Domesday Burton Abbey held land at Coton - however this had been initially seized by King William - no doubt in part due to

60-418: A greater length. And because the resultant length increases exponentially faster than the increase of scale of measurement, there is no such thing as "an approximate answer" to this question. This is referred to as the coastline paradox . A coastline is fractal -like — a fractal has self-similar properties, similar at every scale — therefore the closer the observer looks, the more detail is revealed, leading to

80-590: A greater overall length. According to the CIA Factbook , the length of the UK coastline is around 12,429 km or 7,723 miles. According to the World Resources Institute , the length is around 19,717 km. The United Kingdom's coastline is more broken than coastlines of many other countries. It has a fractal or Hausdorff dimension or 'wiggliness' of 1.25, which is comparatively high;

100-1006: A house. Southeast of the village – at grid reference SK253144 – is Church Flatts Farm, which is calculated by the Ordnance Survey to be the farthest point from the sea (at the mean low water line) in Great Britain. The location is Latitude: 52° 43.6' N Longitude: 1° 37.2' W. This place in Coton was chosen as equidistant from Fosdyke Wash in Lincolnshire; White Sands between Neston in Cheshire and Flint in Flintshire; and Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire – all of which are 113 kilometres (70 mi) away. The nearest high tide point

120-591: Is on the River Trent at Cromwell Lock , north of Newark-on-Trent , in Nottinghamshire, 72 kilometres (45 mi) away. On 19 July 2022 a temperature of 38.9 °C (102.0 °F) was recorded in Coton in the Elms – a record for Derbyshire. It broke the record set only the day before (18 July) of 36.9 °C (98.4 °F), also in Coton in the Elms. The previous Derbyshire record was also at Coton in

140-600: The Ordnance Survey as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain, is less than a mile southeast of the village. Coton is mentioned over a thousand years ago when land was transferred to Wulfrige the Black in AD 942. It is also on the salt route known as Walton Way, which starts in nearby Walton-on-Trent . Coton in the Elms is mentioned in the Domesday book where it is then spelt Cotes . The book says under

160-512: The Australian coastline for example has a fractal dimension of 1.13, and that of South Africa is 1.02. As a result of this shape and the number of islands, the coastline of the UK is longer than that of similar sized countries. This means the UK has a relatively high coast/area ratio. No inhabitated place in the UK is more than 113 kilometres (70 mi) from the coast. It is estimated that around 3 million people (out of 60 million) live on

180-615: The Elms Coton in the Elms is a village and parish in the English county of Derbyshire . At 70 miles (110 km) from the coast, it is one of the furthest places in the United Kingdom from coastal waters. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 896. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Swadlincote and 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Burton upon Trent . Church Flatts Farm, defined by

200-498: The English coast from Northumberland: Heritage coasts listed clockwise around Welsh coast from southeast: UK coastline The coastline of the United Kingdom is formed by a variety of natural features including islands , bays , headlands and peninsulas . It consists of the coastline of the island of Great Britain , the north-east coast of the island of Ireland , as well as many much smaller islands. Much of

220-562: The UK are as follows: The Channel Islands (including Jersey , Guernsey , Alderney and Sark ) and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK; they are self-governing Crown dependencies therefore their coastlines are not coastlines of the United Kingdom. Peninsulas around the UK coast include: Bays, sea lochs (loughs) and large estuaries include: The coastline of the United Kingdom offers extensive recreational opportunities including seaside resorts and coastal paths: Coton in

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240-767: The agreement of local authorities and landowners. However, the majority of heritage coast falls within statutorily designated landscapes such as national parks, AONBs and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site . These coincident designations are listed in the fourth column of the tables below. Designations for nature conservation (as opposed to landscape, e.g. SSSI , Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area ) of parts of Heritage Coasts are too numerous and complex to easily list here. The southern coast of Wales and Devon and Cornwall in south west England have more heritage coastline per mile than other regions, including over 50% of

260-491: The coast between Cardiff and St Davids , about 55-60% of Cornwall's coast, and around 60-65% of Devon's coast. This contrasts with the coasts of North West England , where St Bees Head is the only heritage coast, or the south-east stretch of the English Channel which has only very sporadic stretches. The first heritage coast was Beachy Head with its famous white cliffs. Heritage coasts listed clockwise around

280-722: The coast of the UK. The place furthest from the coast is Coton in the Elms in Derbyshire , which is equidistant from Fosdyke Wash in Lincolnshire; White Sands between Neston in Cheshire and Flint, Flintshire in Wales; and Westbury-on-Severn Gloucestershire. There are over 1,000 islands within the UK; about 130 are permanently inhabited according to the 2001 Census. Of the remaining islands, some are used for farming and are occupied occasionally, some are nature reserves with restricted access and some are little more than sea-swept rocks. The main occupied islands and island groups in

300-555: The coastline is accessible and quite varied in geography and habitats. Large stretches have been designated areas of natural beauty, notably the Jurassic Coast and various stretches referred to as heritage coast . They are both very long, spreading through the mainland. The measurement of any coastline depends upon the scale of map used and the accuracy of the measurement. A larger map scale and smaller unit of measure will result in more detail being revealed and measured and thus

320-483: The lane name Coalpit Lane. The present church of St Mary was built in 1844-7 by Henry Isaac Stevens but not on the site of the original church, which was behind the Shoulder of Mutton pub . It has a narrow west tower with a recessed spire. It is generally believed that when the original church fell into disrepair, the bells were taken to the neighbouring Lullington village, so the inhabitants of Coton can still hear

340-492: The old bells when the wind is in the right direction. There is a Methodist chapel, built in 1922 to replace a smaller building in Chapel Street. The old building became known as the band room, where for many years a good band was run by a Mr Coates, who was also the village post master. It has also been used as a village hall. The main occupations of the village inhabitants in the past has been mining and farming, though

360-427: The pits are now all closed. For many of today's population (896 in 2011) it is a commuter base for the larger towns such as Burton-on-Trent , Swadlincote and Tamworth . Coton in the Elms has two pubs. The Black Horse was refurbished in 2009. The Queen's Head Inn dates back to the 17th century; part of the premises was once a shop. Another pub, the Shoulder of Mutton, closed in 2010 and is currently being converted to

380-513: The rebellion led by Earl Morcar. However, by the time of Domesday this land had been restored to Burton. The village itself forms a diamond of roads around a small village green. The original route of the Walton Way may have been the south west corner of this diamond as this runs past the Church and Church Farm. To the north east of the village coal mining became important and this is reflected in

400-452: The title of “The lands of the Abbey of Burton ": "In Coton in the Elms Ælfgar had two carucates of land to the geld . There is land for three ploughs. Now the abbot has it of the king. There are now one plough in demesne and six villans and three bordars having two ploughs. TRE worth 40 shillings now 30 shillings." Coton is situated on the Walton Way and is first mentioned in 942 in

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