Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology
UK Marine Waters 2004 - Marine Processes & Climate
Table 2: Present average rates of shoreline movement
  Values are number of individual locations where shoreline position has been measured. From OST (2004c).
  Courtesy of OST

 

Region
Little change (movement less than +/- 0.1 m/yr)
Erosion
Accretion (greater than 0.1 m/yr)
0.1-0.5 m/yr
0.5-1.0 m/yr
1.0-2.0 m/yr
greater than 2.0 m/yr
North East England  
St Abb's Head to Flamborough Head
88
20
1
4
1
8
Flamborough Head to Humber Estuary
6
6
4
9
4
0
East England
Humber Estuary to Weybourne
15
1
0
2
1
6
Weybourne to Felixstowe
39
9
4
10
3
4
Harwich to Thames Estuary
23
4
0
4
3
1
South East England
Thames Estuary to North Foreland
22
0
4
4
1
0
North Foreland to Beachy Head
24
8
2
0
0
21
Beachy Head to Selsey Bill
16
5
3
0
1
4
Selsey Bill to Hurst Spit inc IOW
27
22
3
2
0
5
South West England
Hurst Spit to Durlston
8
7
2
0
1
4
Durlston Head to Start Point
31
10
3
0
0
28
Start Point to Lizard Point
48
14
0
0
0
6
Lizard Point to Penlee Point
13
2
1
1
0
0
Isles of Scilly
12
5
1
0
0
0
Penlee Point to Hartland Point
44
16
4
1
0
5
Hartland Point to Morte Point
8
2
0
2
0
1
Morte Point to Brean Down
22
3
1
0
0
2
Brean Down to Severn Bridge
5
2
0
0
0
2
Wales
Severn Bridge to Penarth
4
0
0
0
0
3
Penarth to Worms Head
23
2
1
0
0
2
Carmarthen Bay
6
1
1
0
0
5
Giltar Point to St David's Head
18
1
1
0
0
3
St David's Head to Bardsey Sound
31
15
4
0
1
7
Bardsey Sound to Great Orme's Head
30
10
1
0
0
11
Great Orme's Head to Welsh border
2
2
1
0
1
3
North West England
Welsh border to Fylde
10
2
2
1
1
3
Morecambe Bay
0
2
0
0
0
4
Walney Island to Solway Firth
12
11
2
0
1
18
TOTALS
587
182
46
40
19
155
Percentage
57%
18%
4%
4%
2%
15%

 

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