Editing Coasteering (section)

==History==
Although all aspects of coasteering have been informally practised by people for a very long time,<ref name="nationalwatersafety tombstoning"/> if only as a means of access to a cut-off cove beyond a headland, the term appears first to have been used in 1973. In the book ''Sea Cliff Climbing'', John Cleare and Robin Collomb said "A few enthusiasts believe that coasteering will become popular and has a big future".

In the late 1980s Andy Middleton of Twr-y-Felin Outdoor Centre developed it as a commercially guided recreational activity initially along the cliff coastline of St.Davids in [[Pembrokeshire]] in [[Wales]]. By the mid-1990s write-ups started appearing in the travel/recreational pages of the newspapers showing that several commercial companies were offering such activity. The activity then spread to all regions of the UK where there are suitable rocky coasts, including Cornwall, Pembrokeshire, Anglesey and the Highlands and Isles of Scotland.

The advisory organisation for coasteering in the UK is the National Coasteering Charter (NCC).<ref name=about-the-ncc/> In the UK the activity is recognized by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, which is a department of the [[Health and Safety Executive]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/aala/index.htm |title=Adventure activities licensing |publisher=Health and Safety Executive  |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>