North West Coastal Monitoring

North West Coastal Monitoring One of seven regional programmes which collectively monitor the entire coast of England and Wales.

The north west monitoring program covers the English coast from the Welsh border in the River Dee to the Scottish border in the Solway.

A wet start to survey season at Waterloo. Due to beach conditions we were unable to get to the end of the survey lines, ...
02/09/2026

A wet start to survey season at Waterloo. Due to beach conditions we were unable to get to the end of the survey lines, a lot of muddy sediment patches, safety always comes first.

02/09/2026

The start of the Sefton beach survey season

17/08/2026

Today i thought I'd visit the New Brighton radar.

At Blackpool today, scanning the defence and then the sand trapping interventions with Our Future Coast and Fylde Ranger...
14/08/2026

At Blackpool today, scanning the defence and then the sand trapping interventions with Our Future Coast and Fylde Ranger Service

And finally here is a photo taken above the monitoring radar at Crosby to give an idea of what it can "see" along the co...
22/07/2026

And finally here is a photo taken above the monitoring radar at Crosby to give an idea of what it can "see" along the coast. Its range is approx 5km.

And here is the breach half way along.
22/07/2026

And here is the breach half way along.

A nerve wracking survey of the alt training bank today, very slippery underfoot with very expensive survey equipment on ...
22/07/2026

A nerve wracking survey of the alt training bank today, very slippery underfoot with very expensive survey equipment on my back.

22/07/2026

Heres the view from the end of the Alt training bank

Today we carried on the defence inspection and have now covered from Hightown to Crossens. On the way we discovered thes...
16/07/2026

Today we carried on the defence inspection and have now covered from Hightown to Crossens.

On the way we discovered these pre historic footprints (for ref my (100kg) foot next to it to show they aren't fresh) at National Trust Formby and a little further up the coast we found part of a wreck which we'd never seen before.

16/07/2026

Pre historic footprints at National Trust Formby

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