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UK Inshore Sea Areas and Coastal Weather Reporting Stations

The map below shows the inshore sea areas and coastal weather reporting stations on the United Kingdom. These areas are used for the marine weather forecasts broadcast by the BBC on behalf of the UK Maritime and Coast Guard Agency on BBC Radio 4 at 0048, 0520, 1201 and 1754 (local time). All broadcasts are on the Long Wave (LW) frequency of 198 kHz (1515m). The inshore station reports and forecast follows at the end the offshore report.

Inshore Sea Areas and Coastal Weather Reporting Stations
Weather Stations
# Station

1

Cape Wrath

2

Duncansby Head

3

Rattray Head

4

Fife Ness

5

Berwick on Tweed

6

Whitby

7

The Wash

8

Harwich

9

Thames Estuary

10

North Foreland

11

Beachy Head

12

Selsey Bill

13

The Solent & Christchurch Bay

14

St Alban's Head

15

Weymouth & Lyme Bay

16

Start Point

17

Lands End

18

Hartland Point

19

Bristol Channel

20

St David's Head

21

Holyhead

22

Morecombe Bay

23

Mull of Galloway

24

Firth of Clyde

25

Lough Foyle

26

Carlingford Lough

27

Mull of Kintyre

28

Adnamurchan Point

29

Shetland Isles

30

Channel Isles