"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message news:$0DE9WR+NMXWFw+K@soft255.demon.co.uk... > > >Who is the landowner in places like, say, Beachy Head? Every square inch of the UK is owned by some one or some organisation/company or local authority or even the "Crown". The ownership may be obscure but there will be an owner "hidden away" somewhere. The easiest way to find out will be the Land Registry, if they don't know then I don't know who ownership defaults to. Even the shoreline is defined by either the high water mark or low water mark or something similar, I don't recall exactly how it is defined. Gordon