Nov 1, 2023 · Thousands of tonnes of granite have been delivered by boat onto the beach below Minehead Golf Club in Somerset in the past month. The Environment Agency said the scheme should help protect 800...

Feb 16, 1999 · Two years ago work began to raise the sea walls and erect four groynes. The Environment Agency spent nearly £13m rebuilding the defences. But the huge boulders that line the coast to reduce the...

A 0.6m high sea wall with a curved front to deflect the waves. It has a curved top to deter people from walking on it and its landward side is faced with attractive local red sandstone. Rock armour at the base of the wall to dissipate some of the wave energy.

The management strategy is ‘Hold The Line’ in order to protect homes, roads and tourism infrastructure and consists of a variety of sea defences such as recurved sea walls and rock armour groynes. The eastern end of Minehead Bay (past Butlins) is less populated and dominated by a golf course.

sea defences ahead of winter in a record six-week turnaround. THE CHALLENGE Led by the Environment Agency, the emergency project, set three miles from Blue Anchor beach, was focused on ensuring the continued standard of the existing sea wall by making vital repairs to areas which had been damaged as a result of sea erosion ahead of winter.

On 15 May 2001, the new sea defences were officially opened. Porlock Bay is located 20 km to the west of Minehead. The area is north of Porlock village and is a combination of salt marsh and...

Minehead has had some form of sea defence for several years. When the town was just a small hamlet the only protection from the sea was by a high beach, which was backed by a natural shingle and cobble ridge. However with the town growing rapidly, the ridge was gradually replaced with a masonry wall.

Sep 5, 2022 · How much did the Minehead sea wall cost? The total cost was £12.3 million, a considerable saving on the potential losses. The scheme has been extremely successful as it both protects the town from storms and high tides and creates an attractive beach environment.

The 1.8 miles of sea defences at Minehead were conceived to firstly stop the regular flooding of the town and secondly, to stop coastal erosion by waves and longshore drift. The four bodies that were responsible for the construction and funding of the new sea wall and other defences were the Environment Agency, the West Somerset District ...

Nov 29, 2023 · Aggregate Industries recently returned to Somerset’s Minehead to provide an emergency supply of 14,500 tonnes of armourstone to help boost its sea defences ahead of winter in a record six weeks turnaround.