South West Case Studies

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This case study has been researched and prepared by Bridport teacher Hilary Bosworth, for geography A level students.

Lyme Regis Coast Protection Works
West Dorset District Council's multi-million pound coast protection (including coastal slope stabilisation) scheme was officially opened on 4 April 2007 (Phase 2 environmental improvements).  

The scheme is vital in order to save the town from destructive landslides and coastal erosion. The Phase 2 programme is now complete and was specially drawn up to minimise disruption wherever practical and to keep the town running as normally as possible. Click on the link below to find out more about the scheme

Bideford Quay
Incorporates flood defences, new buildings and an attractive public promenade in an outstanding example of waterfront design. Designed by Devon County Council.

Dawlish to Langstone Rock
This web page is to consider the geology and geomorphology of the coast near Dawlish, Devon, particularly around Langstone Rock and at Dawlish Warren. The stretch between the town of Dawlish and the northeastern end of Dawlish Warren is illustrated discussed here.

Flash Floods - Boscastle /Lynmouth
As the name implies, flash floods are sudden and often unpredictable events resulting from: Massive and sudden rainstorms; A rapid snow melt in the hills or failure of natural or man-made water defences.

Case Study flooding in Boscastle, Cornwall, U. K. August 2004
A number of exercises about the flooding at Boscastle - GCSE level

Wave goodbye to coastal defences - Managed retreat at Mullion Cove
The National Trust is currently finalising plans to abandon miles of coastline, allowing hundreds of properties to be flooded.

One area under careful scrutiny is Mullion Cove, on the edge of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall. Owned mostly by the Trust, the small harbour is proving increasingly expensive to protect from the advancing sea. Mullion Cove is one of a number of Trust sites short-listed for abandonment in a recently-completed study

Wavehub Cornwall
The proposed Wave Hub infrastructure project is an underwater offshore plug-in facility, to enable wave energy converter device developers to connect their devices to the national grid. The Wave Hub project was proposed by the South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA).

Managing the coast RTPI case study
A case study looking at the overall management of the Dorset coast. Included a role play exercise on coastal defence.