The English Channel starts at Lands End and ends at Rame Head where it then becomes the Atlantic Ocean for about 3 miles until you reach Heybrook Bay and then it becomes the English Channel again until it meets the North Sea somewhere near Margate, the location of the legendary Fatty Towers, a hotel once owned by Buster Bloodvessel which catered for fat bastards by providing larger beds, wider doors etc. Plymouth - Britain's Ocean City.