Lyme Regis

Question 1

opportunities at Lyme Regis (6)

Answer 1

• lots of fossils - UNESCO world heritage site “Jurassic Coast”
• museums about fossils, providing educational value for schools
• lots of tourist attractions and fossil collectors
• bridleways for hikers, aquarium and dinosaur-land for kids
• 15,000 tourists in summer and 5000 in winter
• hotel and B&B opportunities

Question 2

•hazards at Lyme Regis (6)

Answer 2

• landslides: •waves undercutting cliffs •soft clay rocks ^ •cliffs and beach aren’t all protected
• coastal erosion with longshore drift: •SW wind with high fetch
• eroded beach offers little protection from the tide •fetch of 5000km, bringing powerful storms •beach is very wide, offering little protection but lots of longshore drift

Question 3

•coastal management at Lyme Regis: (20)

Answer 3

Recurved Sea Wall
•150m sea wall 
•replaces the old, worn wall near
 the Cobb
•protects homes located behind
•protects from Easterly winds
•helps stop strong storms
•redirects wave energy to other,
 less important areas
•long-term protection against
 destructive coastal erosion and
 landslips
•more sand and shingle on the
 beach
•possible to walk along the whole
 beach, even during high tide
Rock Armour
•extended
•dropped where there is no beach
•the extension of the rock armour and
 the new jetties all protect the
 foreshore from waves and stop the
 new beach being washed away

Stabilising Slope
•Lister Gardens was stabilished 
•provides a natural look
•protects ecology like reptiles and
 dormice 
•soil nailing means unstable ground
 is pinned to firmer ground below,
 reducing landslips
•drainage improvements removes 
 water, which is a big factor in
 landslips

Beach Replenishment
•was very narrow between the
 harbour and the town centre
•one sand and one shingle beach
•sea wall may have eroded away
•keeps beach tourism alive
•more aesthetically pleasing 
•extra sand and shingle on the
 beach absorbs wave energy and
 so protects the sea wall and the
 foreshore from erosion