Suffolk Coastal key facts
Suffolk Coastal district has 55 kilometres of coastline, of
which:
- 50 kilometres is designated Heritage Coast.
- 6.5 kilometres is defended by the Council against erosion.
- 16 kilometres is defended by the Environment Agency against
flooding.
- 5.5 and 2 kilometres are defended by private frontages against
erosion and flooding respectively.
- 22 kilometres consists mainly of vulnerable soft cliffs or sand
and shingle ridges.
Coast protection service contact details
Suffolk Coastal's coast protection service is managed by Waveney
District Council's
coast protection engineers.
Sea defence schemes
Central Felixstowe coastal protection
scheme - information about the £10m scheme for Central
Felixstowe which started in August 2011.
Thorpeness erosion response works -
information and construction photographs of the emergency works
completed in February 2011 and details of the phase 2 works
currently underway.
Southern Felixstowe sea defence scheme -
information about the Southern Felixstowe sea defence scheme
completed in October 2008.
Shoreline Management Plans
Suffolk Shoreline Management Plan - information
about the Shoreline Management Plan for the coast between Lowestoft
Ness and Felixstowe's Landguard Point.
Essex and South Suffolk Shoreline Management
Plan - information about the Shoreline Management Plan for the
coast from Felixstowe's Landguard Point to Two Tree Island in the
Thames Estuary.
Suffolk Coast Futures
Suffolk
Coast Futures - the Suffolk Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Initiative, or Suffolk Coast Futures for short, is developing a new
approach to managing the future of Suffolk's coastal zone.
Waveney coastal change pathfinder project -
supporting local communities to manage the impacts of coastal
erosion in a sustainable way.