Our Coastal Community Teams

From major coastal towns to seaside villages, the Government sees great potential in supporting end enabling this local knowledge.

From major coastal towns to seaside villages, the Government sees great potential in supporting and enabling this local knowledge. MHCLG are therefore encouraging the establishment of Coastal Community Teams to enable local communities to come together and develop a common vision and plans for their area.

For the purposes of this programme a coastal community is defined in the same way as for the Coastal Communities Fund.

A coastal community is therefore any coastal settlement within an English local authority area whose boundaries include English foreshore, including local authorities whose boundaries only include estuarine foreshore. Coastal settlements include seaside towns, ports and other areas which have a clear connection to the coastal economy.

Read the full article and list of Coastal Community Teams here.

A Coastal Community Team is a local partnership consisting of the local authority and a range of people and business interests from a coastal community who have an understanding of the issues facing that area and can develop an effective forward strategy for that place. The Team should include a range of local stakeholders and have broad support.

While Coastal Community Teams may choose their own priorities, suggested areas of focus, particularly for very new partnerships, are as follows:

  • Enhancing the attractiveness and accessibility of public areas
  • Providing increased community facilities
  • Promoting the visitor economy
  • Encouraging sustainable uses of heritage/cultural assets
  • Creating links to support the growth and performance of the retail sector
Adur
South East
Amble Development Trust
North East
Bamburgh, Northumberland
North East
Barnstaple
South West
Beer, East Devon
South West
Berwick Upon Tweed
North East
Bexhill-on-Sea
South East
Bideford
South West
Blackpool
North West
Blakeney Channel
East of England
Blyth
North East
Bognor Regis
South East
Bridlington
Yorkshire & Humber
Bridport
South West
Brighton
South East
Broadstairs
South East
Bude
South West
Burnham on Sea
South West
Canvey Island
East of England
Chatham
South East
Chichester, Manhood Peninsula
South East
Clevedon
South West
Cleveleys
North West
Coastal West Sussex
South East
Combe Martin
South West
Cromer
East of England
Crosby and Waterloo
North West
Deal and Sandwich
South East
Deben Peninsula
East of England
Dorset Coast
South West
Dover
South East
Durham Heritage Coast
North East
Dymchurch
South East
East Cleveland
North East
Eastbourne
South East
Exe Estuary
South West
Exmouth
South West
Falmouth
South West
Felixstowe
East of England
Fleetwood
North West
Folkestone
South East
Fremington
South West
Goole
Yorkshire & Humber
Gosport
South East
Gravesend
South East
Great Yarmouth
East of England
Hartlepool
North East
Harwich & Dovercourt
East of England
Hastings
South East
Hayle, Cornwall
South West
Herne Bay
South East
Hornsea
Yorkshire & Humber
Hull City
Yorkshire & Humber
Hunstanton
East of England
Hythe
South East
Ilfracombe
South West
Impact Seaford
South East
Ipswich
East of England
Islands and Bays of Barrow and Furness
North West
Isle of Sheppey
South East
Jaywick Sands
East of England
King's Lynn
East of England
Leigh-on-Sea
East of England
Leiston
East of England
Lincolnshire
East Midlands
Littlehampton
South East
Looe
South West
Lowestoft
East of England
Lydney
South West
Lyme Regis
South West
Lynton & Lynmouth
South West
Mablethorpe
East Midlands
Maldon & Blackwater Estuary
East of England
Marazion & St Michael's Mount
South West
Margate
South East
Maryport, Cumbria
North West
Medina Valley
South East
Minehead
South West
Morecambe Bay CCT
North West
NE Lincs (Grimsby)
East Midlands
New Brighton, Wirral
North West
New Romney
South East
Newhaven
South East
Newquay
South West
Newton Abbot
South West
North Copeland Coast
North West
North Devon Surfing Beaches
South West
North Shields & Fish Quay
North East
North York Moors Coast
Yorkshire & Humber
Old Sunderland
North East
Penzance
South West
Pevensey Villages Partnership
South East
Plymouth
South West
Porlock Vale
South West
Porthcurno
South West
Porthtowan
South West
Portland, Dorset
South West
Portreath
South West
Portsmouth
South East
Promenade to Port CCT (Morecambe to Heysham)
North West
Ramsgate
South East
Redcar-Coatham
North East
River Crouch
East of England
Ryde, Isle of Wight
South East
Saltash
South West
Sandown Bay
South East
Scarborough
Yorkshire & Humber
Seaton Carew
North East
Sefton Coast
North West
SevernNet (Bristol)
South West
Sheringham
East of England
Shoeburyness
East of England
Silloth-on-Solway, Cumbria
North West
Skegness
East Midlands
South Copeland Coast
North West
South Hams
South West
South Hayling Island
South East
South Ribble
North West
South Shields
North East
Southampton
South East
Southend-on-Sea
East of England
Southport
North West
Southwold
East of England
St Anne's
North West
St Austell
South West
St Endellion
South West
St Ives
South West
Sunderland Seafront
North East
Tarka Trail Coast
South West
Teignmouth & Dawlish
South West
Tin Coast
South West
Torpoint and Rame Peninsula
South West
Wadebridge
South West
Watchet
South West
Wells-next-the-Sea
East of England
Westgate-on-Sea
South East
Weston-super-Mare
South West
Weymouth
South West
Whitby
Yorkshire & Humber
Whitstable
South East
Widnes, Sankey Canal
North West
Withernsea
Yorkshire & Humber

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