Below is a selection of links to organisations relevant to the North West coast

Coast & estuary partnerships
North West local authorities
North West Coastal Forum members
Industry
Offshore wind
UK Government
Non-government organisations
Irish Sea
Regional Seas
Other agencies
European links - including InterReg
Other links

Please help us by linking to our site from your organisation, and please contact us with your web address if you would like us to add it to our list.

Coast & estuary partnerships
 

Atlantic Living Coastlines Project

www.alc.plymouth.ac.uk

Arcmanche

www.arcmanche.com/

Coastal Management for Sustainability

www.coastms.co.uk

CoastNET

www.coastnet.org.uk

Cumbria Marine Litter Project

www.copelandbc.gov.uk/CMLP/

Dee Estuary Strategy

www.deeestuary.org.uk

Dorset Coastal Forum

www.dorset-cc.gov.uk/dcf.htm

Duddon Estuary Partnership

www.duddon-estuary.org.uk

English Coast

www.englishcoast.co.uk

Essex Coastal Strategy

www.essexcc.gov.uk/enviro/
fs_coast.htm

Irish Sea Forum

www.liv.ac.uk/~isf1/isfhome.html

Mersey Strategy

www.hope.ac.uk/ebs/merseystrategy/
index.htm

Morecambe Bay Partnership

www.morecambebay.org.uk

North West Coastal Forum

www.nwcoastalforum.co.uk

PISCES

www.northwestcoast.org.uk/
pisces.htm

Ribble Estuary Partnership

www.ribble-estuary.co.uk

Ribble Source to Sea

www.northwestcoast.org.uk/ribble_sts.htm

Scottish Coastal Forum

www.scotland.gov.uk/environment/
coastalforum/

Sefton Coast Partnership

www.seftoncoast.org.uk

Solent Forum

www.solentforum.hants.org.uk

Solway Firth Partnership

www.abdn.ac.uk/sfp

Solway Rural Initiative

www.solwaycoast.co.uk

Tay Estuary Forum

www.dundee.ac.uk/crsem/Tef.htm

Welsh Coast

www.welshcoast.co.uk




NW local authorities
 

 

Allerdale Borough Council

www.allerdale.gov.uk

Barrow Borough Council

www.barrowbc.gov.uk

Blackpool Borough Council

www.blackpool.gov.uk

Carlisle City Council

www.carlisle-city.gov.uk

Copeland Borough Council

www.copelandbc.gov.uk

Cumbria County Council

www.cumbria.gov.uk

Dumfries and Galloway  Council

www.dumgal.gov.uk

Flintshire County Council

www.flintshire.gov.uk

Fylde Borough Council

www.fylde.gov.uk

Halton Borough Council

www.halton-borough.gov.uk

Lake District National Park Authority

www.lake-district.gov.uk

Lancaster City Council

www.lancaster.gov.uk

Lancashire County Council

www.lancashire.gov.uk

Liverpool City Council

www.liverpool.gov.uk

Local Government Association

www.lga.gov.uk

Preston Borough Council

www.preston.gov.uk

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

www.sefton.gov.uk

South Ribble Borough Council

www.south-ribblebc.gov.uk

West Lancashire District Council

www.westlancsdc.gov.uk

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

www.wirral.gov.uk

Wyre Borough Council

www.wyrebc.gov.uk




North West Coastal Forum members
 

Associated British Ports

www.abports.co.uk

British Resorts Association

www.britishresorts.co.uk

Coastal Cell 11

www.nwcoastline.org

Cumbria County Council

www.cumbria.gov.uk
ENCAMS www.encams.org 

English Heritage

www.english-heritage.org.uk

English Nature

www.english-nature.org.uk

Environment Agency

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Government Office North West

www.go-nw.gov.uk

Irish Sea Forum

www.liv.ac.uk/~isf1/isfhome.html

Lancashire County Council www.lancashire.gov.uk

Mersey Basin Campaign

www.merseybasin.org.uk
Mersey Strategy www.hope.ac.uk/ebs/merseystrategy/index.htm 
Morecambe Bay Partnership www.morecambebay.org.uk

North West and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee 

www.nwnwsfc.org/
North West Biodiversity Forum and RSPB www.rspb.org.uk 

North West Business Leadership Team

www.nwblt.co.uk

North West Development Agency

www.nwda.co.uk

North West Regional Assembly

www.nwra.gov.uk

North West Tourist Board

www.visitnorthwest.com

PISCES

www.northwestcoast.org.uk/
pisces.htm

Ribble Source to Sea

www.northwestcoast.org.uk/ribble-sts.htm

Sport England

www.sportengland.org

Sustainability North West

www.snw.org.uk

Countryside Agency www.countryside.gov.uk 
The National Trust www.nationaltrust.org.uk 

University of Liverpool

www.erconsult.co.uk

United Utilities www.unitedutilities.co.uk 




Industry
 

AMEC plc

www.amec.com

Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers

www.agc.co.jp

Associated British Ports

www.abports.co.uk

AstraZeneca

www.astrazeneca.com

BAE Systems

www.bae.co.uk

British Gas

www.centrica.co.uk

British Energy

www.british-energy.com

British Gas Hydrocarbon Resources

www.centrica.co.uk

British Nuclear Fuels

www.bnfl.co.uk

Burlington Resources

www.br-inc.com

Crown Estates

www.crownestate.co.uk

England's North West

www.englandsnorthwest.com

Enterprise Oil PLC

www.entoil.com

European Vinyls Corporation

www.evc-int.com

Furness Enterprise

www.furnessenterprise.co.uk

GlaxoSmithKline

www.gsk.com

Heysham Port

www.seacontainers.com/fr_passenger.asp

Leisure Parcs

www.britishresorts.co.uk/associate_members/leisure_parcs.html

Lever Brothers Ltd

www.unilever.com

The Littlewoods Organisation

www.littlewoods.co.uk

Manchester Airport plc

www.manchesterairport.co.uk

Pilkington plc

www.pilkington.com

United Utilities

www.unitedutilities.co.uk

Victrex

www.victrex.com/uk/main.html




Offshore wind
 

Blyth Offshore

www.blyth-offshore.co.uk

Crown Estates - Marine

www.crownestate.co.uk/estates/
marine/index.shtml

DTI - consultation on consents 
process

www.dti.gov.uk/renew/offshore-
windfarm.htm

DTI - wind power

www.dti.gov.uk/renewable/wind.html

Offshore wind farms

www.offshorewindfarms.co.uk

NW Renewable Energy Study
 - From Power to Prosperity

www.snw.org.uk/renewables




UK Government
 

DEFRA

www.defra.gov.uk

DTI

www.dti.gov.uk

DTLR

www.dtlr.gov.uk

Government Office North West

www.go-nw.gov.uk

North West Regional Assembly

www.nwra.gov.uk

Sustainable development

www.sustainable-development.gov.uk




Non-government organisations
 

British Association for Shooting & Conservation

www.basc.org.uk

Cumbria Biodiversity Partnership

www.wildlifeincumbria.org.uk

Earth Trends

earthtrends.wri.org

Furness Tourism Partnership

www.lake-district-peninsulas.co.uk

Global Marine Litter Information Gateway 

www.marine-litter.gpa.unep.org

Lancashire Biodiversity Partnership

www.lbap.org.uk

Living Earth

www.livingearth.org.uk

Marine Conservation Society

www.mcsuk.org

Mersey Basin Campaign

www.merseybasin.org.uk

National Trust

www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Rio + 10 Earth Summit

www.johannesburgsummit.org

RSPB

www.rspb.org.uk

Sport England

www.sportengland.org

Sustainability North West

www.snw.org.uk

The Environment Council

www.the-environment-council.org.uk

The Wildlife Trusts

www.wildlife-trusts.org.uk

WWF - NE Atlantic Programme

www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/overview/
overfset.htm



Irish Sea

Irish Department of Marine & Natural Resources

www.irlgov.ie/marine/

Irish Sea Forum

www.liv.ac.uk/~isf1/isfhome.html

Irish Local Authorities

www.irlgov.ie/cocouncils.htm

Irish Sea Marine Information

www.irishsea-mis.org/sismis/
home_page.asp

Marine Institute, Ireland

www.marine.ie

University of Ulster

www.science.ulst.ac.uk/ics2002/



Regional Seas
 

North Sea

http://odin.dep.no/md/nsc

Regional Seas, Australia

www.oceans.gov.au/plan.htm

Wadden Sea Secretariat

cwss.www.de/

 



Other agencies

 

Countryside Agency

www.countryside.gov.uk

English Heritage

www.english-heritage.org.uk

English Nature

www.english-nature.org.uk

Environment Agency

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

North West Development Agency

www.nwda.co.uk

North West and North Wales Sea Fisheries Committee 

www.nwnwsfc.org/

North West Tourist Board

www.visitnorthwest.com

Sport England

www.sportengland.org

Sustainability North West

www.snw.org.uk

 



European links
 

 

Alliance of Maritime Regional 
Interests in Europe

www.amrie.org/

Coastal Guide Europe

www.coastalguide.org/

Conference on Peripheral Maritime 
Regions of Europe

www.crpm.org/pagesgb/cpmr.html

Esturiales

www.esturiales.org

European Union for Coastal 
Conservation

www.coastalguide.org

EU - DG Environment

europa.eu.int/comm/environment/
iczm/home.htm

EU - DG Regio

europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/
regional_policy/index_en.htm

EU - DG Fisheries

europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/fisheries/
index_en.htm

EU - ICZM demonstration 

europa.eu.int/comm/environment/
iczm/projects.htm

InterReg - Atlantic Area

www.interreg-atlantique.org/
english/index.htm

InterReg IIIB - DEFRA

www.interregiiib.org.uk/

InterReg - North West 
Metropolitan Area

www.nwmainterregiic.org/

Sea Search

www.sea-search.net




Other links
 

 

Adopt-a-Beach

www.adoptabeach.org.uk

Countryside Council for Wales

www.ccw.gov.uk
Defend the Dunes www.defendthedunes.org.uk

OSPAR

www.ospar.org/eng/html/welcome.html

PortCities

www.thamesweb.com/portcities/

Quality of Coastal Towns

www.coastaltowns.org/

St Martin's College, Lancaster

www.ucsm.ac.uk

Shoreline Management Plan
 - Coastal Cell 11

www.nwcoastline.org

The UK Coastal Zone

www.theukcoastalzone.com

Tide times

www.nbi.ac.uk/appl/liverpool.html

 

 
 

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