Sea defences and drainage

The City Council is responsible for all but two of the District's 20 kilometre coastline. These pages explain how we guard against the worst excesses of "mother nature" - it's a fascinating area of work.

• Tankerton sea defences
  Page detailing the coastal defence work at Tankerton.
• Herne Bay sea defences
  Pages detailing the coastal defence work at Herne Bay.
• Reculver sea defences
  Pages detailing the coastal defence work at Reculver.
• Swalecliff coastal strategy plan
  Canterbury City Council intends to carry out a strategy study for the 2km length of coast between Long Rock and Hampton Pier, Herne Bay.
• Whitstable sea defences/coastal strategy plan
  Canterbury City Council, together with the Environment Agency, has developed a Coastal Defence Strategy Plan for the 10.8 km of coastline between Whitstable Harbour and Faversham Creek.
• The management of coastal erosion
  Details of day to day and the long term strategies of dealing with coastal erosion
• Cliff protection
  This Authority is responsible for the management of cliffs and slopes, some of which are up to 33m (100ft) high. They extend over a 15km length of coastline and represent an area of 58 Ha (143 acres) in Council ownership.
• Flooding
  Flooding in the coastal towns of Whitstable and Herne Bay is recorded in newspapers back as far as December 1897. This section of the web site discusses the measures used in the District for monitoring and warning about flooding.
• Drainage
  The Council has a general responsibility to oversee all matters relating to drainage within the district and to provide information and advice to the public.