Coast Protection

Who is responsible for the coastline?

The Department of The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is responsible for the protection of the UK coastline from flooding and erosion.

Coastal Defence is a term that covers:

• Coastal Protection: the protection of the coast from erosion - work carried out by Dover District Council
• Flood Defence: the protection from flooding by the sea - construction and maintenance carried out by the Environment Agency.

 

• Tide Predictions »
• Deal Beach Management Works »
• Real Time Data » (Channel Coastal Observatory) from Deal Pier - includes wave, tide and meteorological data

Further Information

• Constructing Coast Defences
• Our Coastal Environment
• Sediment Movement
• Coastal Erosion
• Historical Review
• Coastal Defences
• Oldstairs Bay and Kingsdown Beach

Links 

• DEFRA
• Environment Agency
• Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory
• South Downs Coastal Group
• East Kent Engineering Partnership

 

Contact

Tel: 01304 872399

email keithwatson@dover.gov.uk.