Walton-on-the-Naze

Question 1

What is the area?

Answer 1

Popular seaside resort on Essex coast

Question 2

What is the Naze?

Answer 2

Peninsula of land stretching 3km north of town

Used for wildlife watching + walking

Question 3

What are the cliffs in the Naze like?

Answer 3

20m high
Rich in fossils
SSSI

Question 4

2 reasons for rapid erosion on the coast

Answer 4

Cliff rocks = weak (clays overlain by sand and gravels) = prone to slumping

High energy waves from n.sea pound this coast esp during winter storms

Question 5

What protection?

Answer 5

Protection zone stretches 4km north 1/2 across Naze

Cliffs regarded to make shallower + less vulnerable to collapse

Major sea way built at foot of cliff

Wooden groynes along coast to interrupt N drift of sediment an build up beach

Cliff planted with vegetation to anchor soil + decrease slumping

Question 6

Was it effective?

Answer 6

Defences have protected resort from erosion + flooding but now old and need maintenance

Sea wall = undermined by sea = scouring

Question 7

Any additional defences?

Answer 7

130m sea wall now protected by 3m wedge of Elastocoast = prevent more erosion

Granite rock revetment built to help but erosion continued and cliff collapsed in 2000

2010: spent £1.2 million on more defences to protect the Naze