How far to the sea??

[MrWiggly]

From where I live (Sheffield) to Scarborough (By road) ... 103 miles !

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

Hi Little Tinca wasn't sure if you were asking about the meaning of MHWS (Mean High Water Springs) and MLWS (Mean High Water Springs), or if you were just surprised at the proximity.

 

This should show it quite nicely:

 

[ayjay]

.....about a mile and a half for me, but I hardly ever go there, the river is the other way.

[bluezulu]

NickInTheNorth:

Just measured, it's 66 feet from the front gate at MHWS and about 600 feet at MLWS            

you lucky sod nik!!!!

[Little Tinca]

NITN

That looks absolute beautiful.........for some reason it looks very chilly though.

[Bonzo]

I think 60 mile away for me (clacton way), i spend quite a bit of time on the IOW though as parents and big sister live there

[Nightwing]

Depends on if you Insist that a "sea" is by definition, salt water.

If so..about 1400 miles...

If not..about 20 miles Lake Michigan...which meets all the generaly considered criteria for being a sea, other then being salt water...

 

[corydoras]

Nightwing

 

We all know that the Great Lakes are immense, but tell me do they have tides?

[Newt]

Not really. From Here

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According to the Canadian Hydrologic/Hydrographic Service, the Great Lakes experience tides from 1 to 4 cm, the strongest being on Lakes Superior and Erie. These tides are often masked out by meteorologically induced phenomena, such as a seiche (pronounced "sayshe"). When wind pushes down on one part of a lake, the water surface rises in another part, producing waves (most noticeable on Lake Erie because the lake is so shallow).

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[Gaz51]

I'm about 90 miles from both the west and east coast.