newcastle co down

• Groynes

  Structures put in place along beach to stop sand being moved northwards to Murlough Bay
• Groynes


  • Made of wood
  • Eroded and can no longer protect beach (trap sand)
  • Expensive over £1,000/m
  • Only last 20 yrs
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Reduce amount of sand carried along the coast leading to the beach being eroded toward Dundrum Bay
• Gabions


  Used to protect recreation grounds and they also trap and protect recreation land at mouth of Shimna River
• Gabions


  • Cut off access to the beach
  • Not environmentally friendly
  • 1990s - not very effective and replaced fully after 10 years
• Sea wall


  2007 Newcastle Promenade won top UK design award, new wave return sea wall built above former level of promenade, built to protect homes and businesses from high waves over along sea front in winter
• Sea wall


  • Re-curved "wave return" design to prevent waves from splashing over onto promenade-not visually attractive
  • Costs over £4mil and will need replaced
  • Damaged natural beauty and created more urban landscape- no sand dunes or habitat for plants and animals to survive, not sustainable in long term
  • Splash considerably reduced
  • New promenade with modern seating and foot path improved quality of environment for tourists residents
• Newcastle is a tourist resort long under attack from the sea with regular flooding along main street, the local council has changed strategies over the years to manage the coastline over the last 100 yrs
• coastal defences case study : newcastle co. down