UBLC registration form
Once you have compiled your Unique Local authority area Total number of signs coded Beach Location Codes (UBLCs) please take a copy of this registration form template, Completed by Date fill in all the boxes and submit it to your local Coastguard contact.
UBLC Beach name Six-figure OS Lat/Long Describe sign Additional grid reference reference location comments
Example
PE1 Branksome SY123456 50˚ 42’ N Next to n/a Beach 001˚ 59’ W Branksome Beach cafe
Local authority abbreviations for creating Unique Beach Location Codes (UBLCs)
Please use the suggested local authority abbreviations below to create your UBLCs. If your area is missing from the table please use the system outlined in the document A guide to beach safety signs, flags and symbols to create an abbreviation. Check that the abbreviation you create does not duplicate any of those listed below.
Aberdeen City Council, AN Easington District Council, EN Pembrokeshire County Council, PBE Aberdeenshire Council, AE East Devon District Council, EDN Penwith District Council, PH Adur District Council, AR East Lindsey District Council, ELY Portsmouth City Council, PMH Allerdale Borough Council, ARE East Lothian Council, ELN Purbeck District Council, PK Alnwick District Council, AK Eastbourne Borough Council, EE Angus Council, AS Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, RD Ards Borough Council, ADS Fife Council, FE Restormel Borough Council, RL Argyll and Bute Council, ABE Flintshire County Council, FSE Ross and Cromarty Region, RY Arun District Council, ARN Fylde Borough Council, FYE Rother District Council, RR
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Gosport Borough Council, GT Scarborough Borough Council, SH Council, BS Great Yarmouth Borough Council, GH Scottish Borders Council, SBS Belfast City Council, BT Guernsey (Port Authority), GY Sedgemoor District Council, SR Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Gwynedd Council, GD Sefton Council, SN Council, BD Shepway District Council, SY Hartlepool Borough Council, HL Blackpool Borough Council, BL South Ayrshire Council, SAE Hastings Borough Council, HS Blyth Valley Borough Council, BY South Hams District Council, SS Havant Borough Council, HT Borough Council of King’s Lynn South Tyneside Borough Council, STE Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, SSA & West Norfolk, KK Isle of Anglesey County Council, IAY Suffolk Coastal District Council, SK Borough of Poole, PE Isle of Man, IMN Swale Borough Council, SE Bournemouth Borough Council, BH Isle of Wight Council, IWT Bridgend County Borough Swanage Town Council, SWE
Council, BGD Jersey (Port Authority), JY Teignbridge District Council, TE Brighton and Hove Council, BE Kerrier District Council, KR Tendring District Council, TG Thanet District Council, TT Canterbury City Council, CY Caradon The East Riding of Yorkshire Council, EYE District Council, CN Carmarthenshire Lancaster City Council, LR The Highland Council – Caithness, HCS County Council, CE Carrick District Larne Borough Council, LE The Highland Council – Lochaber, HLR Council, CK Carrickfergus Borough Lewes District Council, LS The Highland Council – Nairn, HNN Council, CS Castle Morpeth Borough Limavady Borough Council, LY The Highland Council – Skye, HSE Council, CH Castle Point Borough Maldon District Council, MN The Moray Council, MY Council, CT Ceredigion County Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, WL Torbay Council, TY Council, CDN Chichester District Moyle District Council, ME Torridge District Council, TGE Council, CR Christchurch Borough Council, CCH City and County of Neath Port Talbot County Vale of Glamorgan Council, VN Swansea, SA Borough Council, NT City of Edinburgh Council, EH New Forest District Council, NFT Wansbeck District Council, WK City of Sunderland, SD Newry and Mourne District Council, Waveney District Council, WY Colchester Borough Council, CCR NE Wealden District Council, WN Coleraine Borough Council, CLE Newtownabbey Borough Council, NY West Dorset District Council, WDT Conwy County Borough Council, CWY North Ayrshire Council, NAE West Somerset District Council, WST Copeland Borough Council, CD North Cornwall District Council, NCL West Wittering Estate PLC, WWE North Devon District Council, NDV Weymouth and Portland Denbighshire County Council, DE North Down Borough Council, NDN Borough Council, WD Derry City Council, DY North East Lincolnshire Council, NEE Worthing Borough Council, WG Down District Council, DN North Norfolk District Council, NNK Wyre Borough Council, WE Dumfries and Galloway Council, DGY North Somerset Council, NST Dundee City Council, DDE North Tyneside Council, NTE