Pevensey Bay

Question 1

What is the background/context of Pevensey Bay

Answer 1

• Sea defenses protect 10,000 properties
• Land use is recreational and commercial - Golf club and shops
• Infrastructures such as A259 coastal road and railway
• Pevensey Castle is an important historical landmark
• SSSI and Nature reserve

Question 2

What are the physical coastal processes at Pevensey Bay

Answer 2

• Lsd -towards the ne.
• Reduced wave energy by flatter beach profile. Coastal flooding is the greatest risk in this area due to its low-lying relief.

Question 3

What are the physical coastal landforms at Pevensey Bay

Answer 3

• 9km long shingle bank from Eastbourne to Bexhill.
• Shingle beach stretches the length of Pevensey bay, crest height is 6m and the shingle bank extends an average of 45m seawards.

Question 4

What is the management strategy used at Pevensey Bay

Answer 4

-Hold the line through soft engineering

Question 5

What are the soft engineering techniques used at Pevensey Bay

Answer 5

Beach renourishment - Sospan Dau, flat-bottomed sea barge, gently-shelves the coastline. Every high tide brings 2,000 tonnes of shingle (that is equivalent to 200 lorry loads per day.

Question 6

What are the views of hard engineering at Pevensey Bay

Answer 6

-The policy unit overview for “Hooe and Pevensey Levels” understands that ‘hold the line’ will not remain an option as it will become “economically unsustainable” to continue with hard engineering