Project area
Overview map of the
project area showing the general coastal features. The project area includes Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and Kent on the UK side and Seine Maritime, Somme, Nord and Pas-de-Calais on the French side. Click on the map to open a new window with photographs of the coast (only Kent and French side).
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Map of the geomorphology / geology of the BAR coastline.
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Features were taken from orthophotos at a scale of 1:5,000 (flown in 2001) provided by the Environment Agency for the UK side and from topograhic maps at a scale of 1:25,000, supplemented by field visits for the French side. Out of the 1285 groynes on the UK side 179 are concrete groynes, 37 area boulder groynes and 1069 are wooden groynes of which more than 50% were in a poor state. Click on the map to see a higher resolution map in a new window.
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Map of the seawalls in the BAR area. Features were taken from orthophotos at a scale of 1:5,000 (flown in 2001) provided by the Environment Agency for the UK side and from topograhic maps at a scale of 1:25,000, supplemented by field visits for the French side. 78.5 km of the seawalls on the UK side are made of concrete, 5.5 km of boulders and 1.6 km of wooden breastwork. Click on the map to see a higher resolution map in a new window.
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