Coasts: Sea Palling

Question 1

location

Answer 1

Norfolk

downdrift of Eccles on Sea

Question 2

key facts

Answer 2

offshore bars initiated tombolo effect

Groynes at Eccles on Sea starved beach down drift and sea wall left unprotected and undermined in winter storms in the 90s

in 1992 a beach management plan was started to protect the sea wall for a further 50 years

Question 3

strategy

Answer 3

150,000 tonnes of rock armour placed in front of sea wall

1.4 million cubic metres of sand added to beach

9 offshore bars, costing £17 million