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Poole Bay on the south coast of EnglandWelcome 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.

Happening now:

Links to the SMP2 web site

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... (link will open in a new window)

Bournemouth Surf Reef (sneak preview)

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)

 

Previous Projects:

Read about BIS4.3

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.

Links to the Phase II project web site

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.

Links to the Phase I project web site

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.

* 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]

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