Cuspate foreland: an accretionary feature consisting of a triangular accumulation of sand projecting seawards from the shoreline.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Julian Baggini will spend a week based at South Foreland Lighthouse recording his observations in a blog.

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The area is between the National Trust visitor centre and the South Foreland lighthouse and currently belongs to a local landowner.

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St Ann's Head in Anglesey, Nash Point in Pembrokeshire and North Foreland in Kent will be automated by the end of the year.

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