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Good afternoon, I'm a geography A-Level student studying at Coulsdon College, and I am about to start my independent investigation. I'm basing my study in Herne Bay as not only is there a lot of coastal defences that I can look at, but I also visited the area for my GCSE fieldwork so I have a little background knowledge on the location. My teacher suggested that I tried to get in contact with a geography teacher local to the area to see if I am able to get a little information before I come to Herne Bay over the summer. Would you be able to tell me about the success of the defences there? I know that there has been a lot of improvements going on in recent years, and I'm looking at the social impacts that the hard engineering schemes have on people living in or visiting the area. I'm looking at whether they've affected the tourism and fishing industries, had an impact on the look of the seafront and how they have impacted the standard of living, as well as w...

Hi there, I am an A-Level geography student and am studying the coastal defences in Herne Bay. Is anyone able to tell me how they think that these defences impact tourism, industry, the local environment or your general perception of the area. I'd really appreciate it if anyone would be able to share their thoughts with me. These ideas would form (anonymously) part of my research project that contributes towards my final grade. Please feel free to comment below or send me a direct message. Thank-you so much! This message was sent to three Herne Bay Facebook groups in order to collect some primary research before carrying out my investigation. This targeted residents of the area, and several people were willing to give me information on the topic.

For this fieldwork investigation I decided to look at how the coastal defences in Herne Bay - located along the coastline of Kent, approximately 10 kilometres north of Canterbury - affect local residents and visitors to the area, as well as whether they keep the seaside town safe. To achieve this, I chose to to carry out a questionnaire that targets a variety of different age groups in order to receive some good qualitative data, as well as measure sediment along the coast to determine the direction of longshore drift. In the late January of 1953, a storm surge hit the coastline of Kent and caused lots of flooding. When interviewed by the BBC news, Herne Bay resident Doreen White stated "it gradually got rougher and windier and rougher and windier and the tide was coming up and up and up. It was obvious what was going to happen". When the storm surge hit the coastline it managed to breach the sea defences and flooded the town, destroying homes and killing...