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Heading to UK and Ireland and looking for something to do or a place to visit nearby. Coast Radar is not just a list of beaches but we bring you the whole UK and Ireland coast including castles, lighthouses, piers, museums, beautiful gardens, seaside towns, National Trust and other heritage properties.
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- Sumburgh Head is a rocky headland at the southern point of the Shetland mainland in northern Scotland. The cliffs at Sumburgh are home to large colonies of birds, protected as an RSPB Nature Reserve. During the summer months, witness the spectacle of thousands of breeding birds. Sumburgh Head is also a fantastic place to watch for whales and dolphins. See the RSPB site for more information on the reserve www.rspb.org.uk
- Morecambe lifeboat station was establishe in 1966 and operates an inshore lifeboat and a hovercraft. Station only open by appointment.
- Ramsgate lifeboat station is one of the oldest in England established in 1802 and now the station operates two lifeboats, an inshore and all-weather (offshore).
- The Knap of Howar on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe.
- The gardens are set on a four-acre hillside that looks out to St Mawes Bay. The garden has a large sub-tropical collection and is laid out in a Mediterranean style with streams, bridges and water features. The gardens are open twice a week from April to September, Wednesday and Friday, from 10 am till 5 pm.
- Caerhays Castle was designed by John Nash at the start of the 19th century, there are the Gardens and parkland with the magnificent camellias and rhododendrons for which the estate is world famous and the National Magnolia Collection which has a home here.
- Launceston a medieval walled city was Cornwall’s capital for centuries. Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape with its unusual keep consisting of a 13th-century round tower built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall. The castle has views of both Dartmoor and Bodmin.
- The Custom House in Cork was built in 1818, and designed by the architect Abraham Hargrave. In 1882 it became the headquarters of the Cork Harbour Commissioners, now known as the Port of Cork Company.
- The Castle of St John is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house, built by the Adairs of Kilhilt around 1510. Over the centuries it has been used as a home, a court, a police station, a military garrison, and a Victorian prison. The castle is now a museum.
- Felbrigg was built both before and after the English Civil War. As well as the hall the outside has a walled garden, Victorian pleasure garden and rolling landscape park. The park includes a lake and 200 hectares (520 acres) of woods to walk through on waymarked trails.
- Bishop’s Waltham Palace, Medieval palace used by the Bishops and senior clergy of Winchester as they traveled through their diocese.
- Boscastle is not really a beach although we list it as such and at the most when the tide is out you get some compressed sand and pebbles. Boscastle is a picturesque harbour and village on the north Cornish coast. The village itself has some shops and tea rooms but the harbour and surrounding coast paths are a must visit. Boscastle is managed by the National Trust. Facilities include car parking, shops and cafe.
