On 7 Jul 2009, at 20:35, Chris Hill wrote: > [long-winded local info follows] > > I asked my local county for information on where the county ends at > the > coast and in the Humber estuary, using the FoI act. Their answer is > interesting. > > Firstly, the county ends at the mean high water mark of the North sea. > This is extended to the low water mark in East Yorkshire by renting > the > land between the mean high water and the mean low water mark. This > land > is rented on a long term lease from the Crown Estates. The Crown > Estates own about 55% of this foreshore around the UK and rents this > out > councils and other bodies. [1] The Crown Estates owns the land out to > the 12NM limit, beyond that it is regarded as international waters.
Great stuff! So... should we show the counties ending at high-water mark, or at the boundary of the area they lease? Personally I would suggest we keep the official boundary as high-water mark and the separately map the crow estates land, Duchy land etc. > > In the river estuary from Spurn point inland the same situation > applies > to a point about 580m east of the Humber bridge, ie the county > boundary > extend to the mean low water mark. In the Humber this is a > substantial > area of mud flats at low tide, but it does mean that the county > boundary > does not abut the county boundary of North East Lincolnshire at all > and > only abuts the county of North Lincolnshire from about the Humber > bridge. > > There are two forts in the Humber, effectively man-made islands. Bull > fort is in East Yorkshire, Haile Sand Fort is in Lincolnshire, both > beyond the low water mark. > > I'll digest the detail further then try to adjust the boundaries to > fit. > > I think this enquiry was useful, once I've worked on this I think I'll > see if I can get similar details for other counties or maybe other > might > like to. I expect many counties will be similar, but some are > definitely different. Should we ask Crown Estates for all the details rather than bothering some 100 local authorities? Thanks for all your work and your offer to keep working on this subject. Regards, Peter > > [1] http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/tce_faqs.htm > > Cheers, Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
