Flood and coastal erosion risk management: current schemes and strategies
These documents give information about some of the local schemes and strategies to manage flood and coastal erosion risk in England.
The Environment Agency considers a wide range of different measures to address the flood and coastal erosion risk to communities and property. The measures needed for each location are considered on a case by case basis. Some of the measures that may be considered include:
- building flood and coastal defences
- flood storage reservoirs
- land management
- portable defences
The strategies and schemes are grouped by the geographic areas the Environment Agency operates from.
View the map showing the geographic areas of the Environment Agency’s operations.
Cumbria and Lancashire (map area 2)
Yorkshire (map area 3)
Please note the document ‘Humber flood risk management strategy’ covers areas in both the Yorkshire Area (map area 3) and the Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area (map area 5).
Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire (map area 4)
Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire (map area 5)
Please note the document ‘Humber flood risk management strategy’ covers areas in both the Yorkshire Area (map area 3) and the Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area (map area 5).
East Midlands (map area 6)
West Midlands (map area 7)
Wessex (map area 8)
Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (map area 9)
Thames (map area 11)
Hertfordshire and North London (map area 12)
Kent, South London and East Sussex (map area 13)
The document ‘Thames estuary 2100 (TE2100)’ covers areas in both the East Anglia Area (map area 10) and the Kent, South London and East Sussex Area (map area 13).