How long is scotlands coastline

The deepest point in the Scottish zone is the Rockall Trough, with a depth of around 2,m. Beyond Rockall, the deepest point in the Scottish offshore region is over 3, m deep. For comparison, the summit of Ben Nevis is 1, m above sea level. The average depth of the Scottish zone is around m below sea level, or nearly 1 km m including the continental shelf limits.

This figure does not include other types of MPA or management areas such as fisheries-specific restrictions. Source: JNCC. Scotland has more than , km of rivers and streams varying from small highland burns to deep, wide lowland rivers such as the Tay. There are over 25, lochs in Scotland, with the Western Isles and Sutherland having the highest concentration of lochs. Thirdly, do we really want to see a constructed path running through some of the most wild and rugged landscapes in Britain?

The route up to Cape Wrath on the far north-west corner of Britain is a case in point. The last 10km lead from Sandwood Bay, which itself is 6km from a road but served by a good path, up to the lighthouse at Cape Wrath, and forms the final stretch of the Cape Wrath Trail and the Scottish National Trail.

Walkers find a route over the cliff tops through undulating, heathery bog, and across a couple of rivers which can be difficult in spate and it does rain a lot up there! This will soon link into the Inverclyde Coastal Path which is under development with the involvement of Inverclyde Ramblers.

A plethora of community groups around the coast are looking into developing paths in their areas as a way of attracting visitors — the evidence is stacking up that paths are well worth the investment, as people like to go to places where they can enjoy a walk. At Ramblers Scotland we have called for coastal protection zones to be established through the planning system, as exist in Scandinavian countries, with a presumption against new developments in these zones.

But rather than a single coastal path, we are instead calling for a network of paths which enable people to walk around the coast. We feel the priority for the limited funding available for path development should really be for paths near to where people live, enabling them to walk from their front door to local schools, shops or other services on foot, as well as connecting up neighbouring settlements and leading into the wider countryside.

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