[Talk-GB] Counties and coasts

[Matthew Westcott]

On 22 Jun 2009, at 14:45, Chris Hill wrote:
>  I understand that
> councils are responsible for the beach so the county could be said to
> extend beyond what we currently mark as the coastline.  Does anyone  
> know
> where council boundaries actually end with respect to the sea and
> coastline?


Entirely wild speculation, but logically I'd assume they ought to  
extend to the 12 mile boundary beyond the coastline which the UK  
claims as territorial waters...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-mile_limit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

- Matt