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The last stretch of King Charles III England Coast Path in Northumberland officially opened in August, adding 38 miles (61km) to the path.
Find out how clean the water is on beaches and in other bathing areas in England, and if there is a problem with pollution
A brief introduction to Wales ahead of the NATO Summit Wales 2014.
A review of the current understanding of mixed beach processes, the method of predicting cliffing problems, and advice on best practice for beach recharge programmes.
This project increased understanding of how beaches made of mixed materials such as sand and gravel behave in order to create models to predict their future behaviour.
Annual works by the Environment Agency to reduce the risk of flooding for Lincolnshire’s coastal communities has now started (8 May).
A guide from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on managing beach safety.
This project aims to improve our understanding of toe scour at coastal defence structures and improve our ability to predict and lessen beach lowering.
A knowledge review of beaches with mixed types of sediment and techniques to predict how they’ll respond to physical influences.
The majority of designated bathing waters across Devon and Cornwall have a good or excellent rating for water quality.
How beaches near Sellafield are monitored, the monitoring results and how risks to the public are minimised.
Mixed sand and shingle beaches offer coastal protection. This project tests renourishment methods to protect beaches from erosion.
Offenders will be put to work to pay back the communities they have harmed as part of a week-long nationwide clean-up of Britain’s coastline.
This report (HPA-CRCE-018) describes an assessment of the health risks to people using Cumbrian coast beaches from contaminated objects.
A project to develop a costed framework of field, laboratory or theoretical studies to fill knowledge gaps to support the management of barrier beaches.
Seeking views on proposals to designate 8 beaches in Cornwall as bathing waters.
A project investigating beach behaviour to support beach management and the design of coastal defence structures on shingle beaches.
This literature review investigates whether faecal bacteria can grow in association with seaweed and whether this increases their survival time in the environment.
Advice from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) about staying safe on the UK's beaches.
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