 Welcome
to poolebay.net
An online record of local coastal management
initiatives, data and strategies published by the Poole Bay
Partnership as a response to the popularity of online coverage of
recent beach replenishment projects.
Content will build over time as we collect
data of interest to local residents and students in particular; if
you have access to historic or contemporary photographs & documents
that would add value to the site please contact us.
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Happening now:
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Poole &
Christchurch Bays Shoreline Management Plan Review (SMP2)
2007-2010
The Poole &
Christchurch Bays Shoreline Management Plan Review is the
first revision of the
original
Shoreline Management Plan (SMP1) produced in 1999. Read about the issues and have your say...
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Bournemouth Surf Reef
Europe's first artificial surf reef is
neither a coast protection nor flood defence structure, but its
construction is of interest to many, and its happening now!
The surf reef will act as a ramp, pushing waves upwards, doubling
their size and improving their quality for surfers (link will
open in a new window) |
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Previous Projects:
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Bournemouth Beach Improvement Scheme (BIS4.3*)
winter 2007/08
A project to replenish a small
section of beach between Boscombe & Southbourne. The dredger Oranje
delivered sand to the coast between 8th-14th March 2008. |
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Poole Bay Beach
Replenishment (Phase II) winter 2006/07
Follows the second phase of the scheme
between Boscombe and Alum Chine in Bournemouth (BIS4.2*),
using a further 700,000 m3 of beach material. |
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Poole Bay
Beach Replenishment (Phase I) winter 2005/06
The first of our
project web sites tells how
some 1.1 million cubic metres (1.65 million metric tonnes) of
material dredged from Poole Harbour was
used to replenish beaches at Swanage, Poole &
Bournemouth (Hengistbury Head to Southbourne, BIS4.1*)
to protect them from erosion. |
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* Bournemouth's
beach replenishment projects are referred to as Beach Improvement
Schemes (BIS). The current phased project (BIS4) is the fourth
in recent years [more] |
