Slapton Sands

Question 1

Where is Slapton Sands?

Answer 1

South coast on England
On the English Channel
In the county of Devon

Question 2

Processes: Evidence of deposition

Answer 2

Beesands beach

Question 3

Processes: Evidence of transportation

Answer 3

Slapton Sands (barrier beach)

Question 4

Processes: Evidence of erosion

Answer 4

Limpet Rocks (wave cut platform)
Dancing Beggars (stacks)

Question 5

4 Examples of human interference

Answer 5

A379 (Kingsbridge to Dartmouth)
Car parks along the barrier beach
Start Bay Caravan Club Site
Defences

Question 6

Defences: Length and age of sea wall at Torcross?

Answer 6

319m

1979, modified in 2000 by the Environment Agency

Question 7

Defences: Height and age of sheet piling capped with concrete top just north of Torcross?

Answer 7

143m

1917

Question 8

Defences: Length and age of Rock Revetment in front of a car park, north of Torcross?

Answer 8

795m

1979

Question 9

Defences: What protects the more vulnerable parts of the A379?

Answer 9

Rock armour

Question 10

Why was a report by Scott Wilson and the University of Plymouth commissioned in 2003?

Answer 10

Determine appropriate future shoreline management response

Look at impact of existing sea defences

Question 11

Future Defences: Beach Nourishment Key Points

Answer 11

Import shingle- raise + widen beach, additional protection for road
£1.14 million every 10 years to maintain
Material from Isle of Wight, matches existing
RULED OUT

Question 12

Future Defences: Shingle Recycling Key Points

Answer 12

Excavation of material from Strete Gate beach
Place on beach at Slapton
Raise + widen beach + protect road
Large environmental impact- disrupts geomorphology
£60,000, not guaranteed to work
RULED OUT

Question 13

Future Defences: When might shingle recycling be used?

Answer 13

Useful on a small scale as a temporary solution

Question 14

Future Defences: Road Realignment Key Points

Answer 14

Move A379 landwards 
Proactive- before damage
Reactive- after storm 
CHOSEN
Scored highest on tables

Question 15

Sustainability: Why are the future defences considered to be sustainable?

Answer 15

Looked at from a social, economic and environmental angle

Question 16

Sustainability: Why is it good that all strategies have been put on an open spreadsheet?

Answer 16

Constantly reviewed
Changed if any unexpected events
The sheet looks up to 2105, so is long term

Question 17

Sustainability: Why was it good that stakeholders were consulted?

Answer 17

Experts, authorities and local people could talk, share lived experience and discuss their worries with the strategies

Question 18

Sustainability: Why was the owner of Streete Gate beach useful in the discussion?

Answer 18

Lived experience from Hallsands following the large-scale shingle extraction

Question 19

Why could it be argued the strategies aren’t sustainable?

Answer 19

Existing strategies aren’t being removed

January 2018, road destroyed, still not fixed