Working west from Osmington Mills access to the beach from Osmington via a minor road is either down the steep path from the Smugglers’ Inn car park or from the coast path and steps just to the east of the pub. As with the previous section from Bran Point to Osmington Mills, a low tide is necessary to...
Works at West Bay will begin on Weds 14 March and last approximately 9 days with no night shift work required. Lyme Regis work will begin on Monday 12 March for approximately 2 weeks. There will be both day and night shifts. The night shifts will be pump only,...
Access to this section is via the footpath from Osmington village past the PGL outdoor activity centre and the steps to the beach. Jurassic Corallian rocks can be seen immediately reaching the beach and these dip to the east as they are part of an anticlinal fold (dome shape) which...
Vital flood defence work will take place in West Bay this month. West Beach will undergo beach re-nourishment after storms battered the south coast earlier this year. The strong tides re-shaped and stripped the beach, leaving the sea wall prone to wave overtopping. This important work will ensure sea...
Bridport and West Bay have been chosen as one of the coastal areas to benefit from funding under the Government’s Coastal Communities Team initiative. This means that the area will receive £10,000 funding to help establish a Coastal Communities Team. Bridport Town Council, the Bridport Chamber of Trade and...
The second and final phase of vital flood defence works will begin in West Bay this month. Re-nourishment of West Beach began in October after storms battered the coast in early 2014. Strong tides stripped and re-shaped the beach leaving the sea wall exposed to wave overtopping during storms....
Annual harbour dredging and beach works are set to take place in West Bay and Lyme Regis in March and April. Works at West Bay are due to take place between 8 and 14 March when favourably low tides allow the best access. The outer harbour and entrance to...
West Dorset District Council’s engineers have scooped a top award at a recent ceremony hosted by the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Bristol. The pioneering Lyme Regis Environmental Improvements Phase IV scheme beat off 14 competitors to take home the ICE South West Major Project of the Year...
