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Sediment Yields in the Exe Basin: a Longer-Term Perspective
Sediment Dynamics and the Hydromorphology of Fluvial Systems (Proceedings of a symposium held in 12 Dundee, UK, July 2006). IAHS Publ. 306, 2006. Sediment yields in the Exe Basin: a longer-term perspective ANNA HARLOW, BRUCE WEBB & DES WALLING School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, Department of Geography, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK [email protected] Abstract In the UK, fine sediment is viewed increasingly as a diffuse pollu- tant due to its role as a vector for the transport of potential contaminants, and in causing siltation, which may have adverse effects on river and estuarine habitats. There is a need, therefore, for river managers to have reliable information on sediment budgets in order to plan measures that will achieve “good” status under the EU Water Framework Directive. As part of a wider sediment-budget investigation in the EU-funded Cycleau Project, detailed records of fine sediment yield over the 10-year period from 1994–2003 have been analysed for the Exe Basin (1500 km2), a principal river system of southwest England. The longer-term average yields in the three major tributaries of the Exe Basin are discussed and results of monitoring of sediment loads at a site near the tidal limit over a one-year period confirm the importance of the River Exe in contributing sediment to the Estuary. Key words diffuse pollution; Exe Basin and estuary; longer-term behaviour; suspended sediment yields INTRODUCTION River systems provide a key pathway along which fine sediment (silt and clay particles of <63 µm in diameter) is transferred from the terrestrial to the estuarine environment. -
Minutes Document for Devon and Exeter Rail Project Working Party, 15/07/2016 14:00
1 CABINET DEVON AND EXETER RAIL PROJECT WORKING PARTY- 15/07/16 DEVON AND EXETER RAIL PROJECT WORKING PARTY 15 July 2016 Present:- Devon County Council: Councillors Ball, Biederman, Bowden, Eastman, Julian, Mathews, Sellis, Way, Westlake and Younger-Ross Exeter City Council Councillors Sutton, Wardle and Leadbetter East Devon District Council Councillors Bailey and Longhurst Mid Devon District Council Councillor Snow Teignbridge District Councill Councillors Goodey and Prowse Torbay Councill Councillors Doggett and Manning Members attending in accordance with Standing Order 25: Councillor Greenslade Apologies: Councillors Hughes, Squires, Flynn, Deed and Luggar 9 Minutes RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 19 February 2016 be signed as a correct record. 10 Update from Great Western Railway (Councillor Greenslade attended in accordance with Standing Order 25(2) and spoke to this item). Mr L Ward, Regional Development Planning and Programme Manager, gave a presentation which covered: passenger growth performance fleet update speed to the West stations investment depot investment community rail Matters discussed by Members with Mr Ward included: the Tarka line - Barnstaple growth; the need for early train to Exeter St David’s; and increased passenger capacity to be resolved by expansion; 2 CABINET DEVON AND EXETER RAIL PROJECT WORKING PARTY- 15/07/16 the use of Class 143s on the Exeter – Okehampton Sunday Rover service when available; new developments leading to population growth at Exminster and Bideford; lack of -
Parish News October 2020
A sketch made in 1853 of the old Beer Church October 2020 CHURCH DIRECTORY VICAR Rev. JEREMY TREW 20391 The Vicarage, Colyford Rd, Seaton, EX12 2DF [email protected] St Gregory’s Office [email protected] 23656 ST MICHAEL’S --- Churchwarden: Mrs G. Chapple, Sunnymead, Higher Meadows 20756 Ass. Priest: Rev Simon Hitchcock [email protected] 075759 56899 Treasurer: Mr K. Izzard, Sunningdale, Common Hill, Beer 625181 Secretary: Mrs Jean Smith 07412 '010245 Sacristan Mrs L. Bees 21723 & Head Server: Altar Guild: Mrs P. Bewick 21954 Mrs Y. Hawker 22191 Choir: Dr G. Butler (Practice Wed 6-7pm) 21375 Organist: Dr G. Butler, Mullions, New Road, Beer 21375 Children’s Society: Mrs P. Edmunds, West Ebb, Common Hill, 23659 Beer EX12 3AQ Families Worker Linda Dowling [email protected] Children’s Team: Mrs Jean Smith 07412 010245 Mrs J. Ross Mrs L. Molony Worship Team: Mrs G. Chapple, Ms M. Hirons, Mrs L. Molony, Mrs L. Bees Pastoral Team: Mrs G. Chapple (sec) 20756 Mrs Y. Hawker, Mrs S. Aplin, Mrs P. Bewick, Mrs E. Singleton, Mrs A. Vaughan, Mrs S. Anderson Beer Parish News Dr Henry Jaggers, Green Bank, 9 Clinton Rise, 20858 Editor: Beer. Email: [email protected] Area code for all phone numbers above is 01297 unless shown otherwise In an emergency, parishioners should contact the Churchwarden (see above for address and phone number). The P.C.C. of St Michael's Church, Beer, holds the copyright to articles written by its members. Please ask for permission before you use them. Other than articles written by church members, we do not own the copyright to any of the materials herein. -
Information for Customers Travelling to North Devon District Hospital by Stagecoach South West Buses
Information for customers travelling to North Devon District Hospital by Stagecoach South West buses Dear Customer, We’ve put together this short guide to help staff, patients and visitors who already use – or are interested in using – our buses to travel to and from North Devon District Hospital (NDDH). If you would like more detailed information on any of our services, timetables are available from the Information Desk located just inside the main entrance to the hospital, Barnstaple Bus Station or online at www.stagecoachbus.com/southwest . If you have a Smartphone, please scan the QR code to take you direct to our homepage. If you have any suggestions as to how we might further improve our services, please call the Barnstaple depot on 01271 32 90 89 or email us at [email protected] . If you require help with detailed travel planning, including walking directions and information on other operators’ services, visit www.travelinesw.com or call them on 0871 200 22 33*. We look forward to welcoming you aboard! What ticket should I buy? If you’re visiting NDDH occasionally… If you are travelling to Barnstaple on one of our buses and then changing onto either service 19 or service 10H to get to NDDH, just ask your driver for a through single or return ticket on the first bus you board. Alternatively, our North Devon Dayrider is just £3.25 and gives you a day of unlimited travel on all of our North Devon buses operating within the North Devon zone. Live locally? A Barnstaple Dayrider is only £2.25. -
Arborfield Arborfield West Hill Road, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1UZ Exeter 12 Miles Jurassic Coast Line at Exmouth 9.5 Miles Ottery St Mary 3
Arborfield Arborfield West Hill Road, West Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1UZ Exeter 12 miles Jurassic coast line at Exmouth 9.5 Miles Ottery St Mary 3 • 5 Bedrooms (2 en suite) • 3 Reception rooms • 20' Kitchen/breakfast room • Study and WC • 2 Garages • Landscaped gardens • Woodland area • 0.93 Acres (3764 sq m) Guide price £695,000 SITUATION West Hill is a much sought after village nestling in the glorious East Devon countryside with its magnificent tree lined avenues and lanes. Amenities in the village include a church, village store containing a butcher, baker, post office, off licence and newsagents, whilst there is also a village hall and a popular primary school. There is a regular bus service to Ottery St Mary and Exeter. Substantial 5 bedroom home in glorious grounds of nearly 1 acre. More extensive facilities can be found in the nearby town of Ottery St. Mary whilst the highly regarded Kings School is within easy reach. The well-known Woodbury Park Golf & Country Club is only a short drive away. The popular coastal resorts of Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth and Sidmouth along with the City of Exeter all lie within approximately 15 miles. DESCRIPTION Set in a quiet position set back from West Hill Road, this property is a comfortable and spacious home with well laid out adaptable accommodation. Extended and improved by the current owners the house is set centrally to this large plot. Oak effect uPVC windows and doors provide a practical yet attractive look to this lovely home. The dual aspect sitting room is centred around a brick fireplace with a multi-fuel stove. -
Our Plan’, a New Strategic Plan for West Devon
Shaping our communities to 2031 Regulation 19 Publication Version February 2015 West Devon - A Leading Rural Council Foreword Welcome to ‘Our Plan’, a new strategic plan for West Devon. Whilst the Core Strategy was a plan for future growth and development to take us from 2006 to 2026, since it was written planning policy has undergone some significant changes as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and we need to ensure our plans are fit for purpose and in conformity with this national policy. This new plan also has to cover a wider range of issues that go beyond traditional planning policy and it makes more sense to write a new plan rather than try and amend the existing ones. Therefore, ‘Our Plan’ will be the overarching strategic plan for the Borough of West Devon up to 2031. Developing a new plan is always challenging and it is often controversial with different sectors and individuals in our communities understandably seeing things from their own view point. However, we need to remember that we are planning for the communities of tomorrow not just for ourselves today. What we do now will have a significant impact on how people live their lives in West Devon in the future. Our biggest challenge is enabling growth and providing much needed homes and jobs whilst, at the same time, protecting the beautiful place that is West Devon - no mean feat as I’m sure you can appreciate. To do this we have gathered and considered evidence about local need and the views and comments shared by you and a wide range of partners during the process have helped us to shape a plan that we believe takes account of local needs and aspirations. -
Copplestone Primary School Newsletter [email protected]
Copplestone Primary School Newsletter [email protected] Edition 15 Friday 3rd May 2019 Message from Head of School: Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the amazing weather over Easter and some well-deserved rest and relaxation. We came back to school with a bang – especially in Year 4, who enjoyed a wonderful residential trip and a range of outdoor activities. All of the children enjoyed it immensely and a huge thanks to Mrs Marshall for organising everything and to Ms Webber who accompanied us. We have taken a lot of photos but I found a couple of group ones to share in this newsletter so you can see how much fun we were all having. Red Class wowed us at their Crediton Schools Music event at the Great Hall, Exeter before the holidays. They played their instruments with skill and sang beautifully. We were all very proud of you! This week the last few children from Year 5 took part in their Bikeability training. They did very well, listening carefully to the instructions and learning how to ride safely on the roads. Thank you to the CPTA for three great events last term: Bunny Bouncing, Mother’s Day Shop and the Fish and Chip Quiz night. All were well supported and very enjoyable, raising funds for the school so we can enhance the children’s curriculum and learning. The uniform samples have now been finalised and further information about this will be coming out soon in a letter. Many thanks for all the many feedback comments we had from children, parents and staff. -
Wotaview Wotaview Sowden Lane East, Barnstaple, EX32 8DJ Barnstaple Town Centre Within Healthy Walking Distance
Wotaview Wotaview Sowden Lane East, Barnstaple, EX32 8DJ Barnstaple Town Centre within healthy walking distance. • Hall, Utility/Cloakroom • Sitting Room 32' x 18'8 • Superb Kitchen/Breakfast room • Dining Room/Bedroom 4 • 3 Spacious En Suite Bedrooms • Double Garage + Parking • Underfloor heating, Triple glazed • Courtyard/Terrace/ Gardens Offers in excess of £800,000 SITUATION AND AMENITIES Not only does this property have a 'Grand Design Wow Factor' but the views are simply breathtaking, almost 270 degrees and stretch from Portmore across Barnstaple, the Estuary, Braunton Burrows to Hartland Point, Lundy in the far distance and back towards Raleigh, beyond the Hospital. The property is well detached, sharing the access drive with the new Reservoir next door and it otherwise adjoins open countryside. As the Regional Centre, Barnstaple offers the area's main business, commercial, leisure and shopping venues, as well as Pannier Market and North Devon District Hospital. At Barnstaple there is access to the North Devon Link Road (A361) which links, in about 45 minutes, to Junction 27 of the M5 Motorway and where Tiverton Parkway also offers a fast service of trains to London, Paddington, in just over 2 hours. North Devon's famous sandy beaches at Croyde, Putsborough, Saunton (also with A masterpiece of Victorian engineering, now a fabulous and championship golf course) and Woolacombe, are all within 20 minutes/half an hour by car, as is Exmoor National Park and the Cornish Border. unique residence enjoying fantastic 270 degree views. DESCRIPTION If you are searching for an individual home, something a bit different, then look no further. -
A CASE STUDY Paul Canning1 the Exe Estuary Is
DETERMINING A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO MANAGING AN ESTUARY MOUTH – A CASE STUDY Paul Canning1 Estuaries and their floodplains represent locations where significant population, industry and environmental interests exist. Sand spits located at estuary mouths are one factor in influencing both hydrodynamics and geomorphology. As such, their management is important as regards managing both flood and coastal risk, and the evolution of designated flora and fauna. This paper describes a study to develop a way forward for managing Dawlish Warren sand spit, located at the mouth of the Exe Estuary in Devon, UK. Dawlish Warren sand spit is important as it influences geomorphological evolution of the mouth and wider estuary, provides storm sheltering for up to 2,900 properties and national transport infrastructure in the estuary, is an internationally designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC), and influences the wider Exe Estuary Special Protection Area (SPA). Keywords: climate change, adaptation, sustainable, estuaries OVERVIEW OF EXISTING SITUATION The Exe Estuary is located in Devon, UK (see Figure 1). It is a spit enclosed drowned river valley (Defra, 2007), which has been subjected to marine inundation caused by a rise in sea level at the end of the most recent glaciation (which ended c. 12,000 years ago). The Exe Estuary has a shoreline length of 40km, channel length of 16km, valley width 2km and a mouth width of 380m. It is classified as macrotidal with a range of 4m, whilst the River Exe (the main tributary) has a mean flow of 23m3/s, and a maximum of 371m3/s. At the mouth of the Exe Estuary, the sand spit of Dawlish Warren covers approximately three quarters of the estuary mouth width, and consequently potentially shelters the estuary from the coastal swell wave climate, as well as influencing the propagation of extreme tide levels. -
Sawmills Cottage Eggesford Ex18 7Jy
FOR SALE FOR SAWMILLS COTTAGE EGGESFORD EX18 7JY ACCOMMODATION Barnstaple, 20 miles from the city of Exeter, of the house. Extended in 2001 by the 15 miles from the busy market town of present owners, the accommodation is DESCRIPTION South Molton and 13 miles from Crediton. generous and offers 3 double bedrooms, The area provides a wide range of outdoor 2 bathrooms and 2 reception rooms. The Sawmills Cottage is just 3 miles from the pursuits including fishing on the Mole and kitchen/breakfast room overlooks the popular rural town of Chulmleigh with its Taw, horse riding, cycling, walking and golf gardens and the surrounding valley down health centre, dentist, shops, restaurants, at Libbaton and High Bullen. towards the Taw. There is oil fired central public houses and schools for all age heating, modern fittings to the kitchen and ranges. The house is also a short distance It is one of a handful of properties in this bathrooms and very little for a new owner from Eggesford Station, on the well known small collection of stone built houses, to do. ‘Tarka’ line which provides main line formerly forming part of the Eggesford connections at Exeter. The property is estate. A sweeping drive gives access to only 19 miles from the regional centre of the private parking, gardens and orchard ACCOMMODATION If the Smithy isn’t required as a letting unit, a planning application could be made to THE GROUNDS request that the council tax and permission to use for habitation are removed. Outside are gardens and orchard extending to approx. -
Community Rail 2017 2 3
1 Great Western Railway Community Rail 2017 2 3 Contents Foreword Foreword 3 It’s been another great year for our TransWilts Community Rail Partnership 4 Community Rail Partnerships, which The Heart of Wessex Rail Partnership 6 make a vital contribution to the local economy, promoting tourism as well Severnside Community Rail Partnership 8 as being a lifeline for residents, helping Three Rivers Rail Partnership 10 to overcome the very real problems North Downs Line Community Rail Partnership 12 associated with rural isolation. Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership 14 GWR Community Rail Conference 2017 17 Apart from the obvious travel benefits The innovation and investment you all borne out by increasing passenger put into running your partnerships is very Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF) 18 numbers, the partnerships also strengthen humbling and sets an example for us all. ACoRP Community Rail Awards 2017 20 local communities as many different I’m delighted to see the Community Involving Diverse Groups 21 organisations, and individuals of all ages, come together to promote their Rail Partnerships growing in stature and Involving Children and Young People 22 partnerships and keep stations along the recognition, so thank you all once again lines in ‘tip top’ condition. for your hard work. I wish all of you the Best Marketing or Communications Campaign 24 best for the coming year. Most Enhanced Station Buildings and Surroundings 26 In recent years we’ve seen significant passenger growth on our community Innovation in Community Rail 29 rail lines and I’m sure the work we have Small Projects Award – Under £500 30 focused on together has helped us to achieve this. -
Devon Rigs Group Sites Table
DEVON RIGS GROUP SITES EAST DEVON DISTRICT and EAST DEVON AONB Site Name Parish Grid Ref Description File Code North Hill Broadhembury ST096063 Hillside track along Upper Greensand scarp ST00NE2 Tolcis Quarry Axminster ST280009 Quarry with section in Lower Lias mudstones and limestones ST20SE1 Hutchins Pit Widworthy ST212003 Chalk resting on Wilmington Sands ST20SW1 Sections in anomalously thick river gravels containing eolian ogical Railway Pit, Hawkchurch Hawkchurch ST326020 ST30SW1 artefacts Estuary cliffs of Exe Breccia. Best displayed section of Permian Breccia Estuary Cliffs, Lympstone Lympstone SX988837 SX98SE2 lithology in East Devon. A good exposure of the mudstone facies of the Exmouth Sandstone and Estuary Cliffs, Sowden Lympstone SX991834 SX98SE3 Mudstone which is seldom seen inland Lake Bridge Brampford Speke SX927978 Type area for Brampford Speke Sandstone SX99NW1 Quarry with Dawlish sandstone and an excellent display of sand dune Sandpit Clyst St.Mary Sowton SX975909 SX99SE1 cross bedding Anchoring Hill Road Cutting Otterton SY088860 Sunken-lane roadside cutting of Otter sandstone. SY08NE1 Exposed deflation surface marking the junction of Budleigh Salterton Uphams Plantation Bicton SY041866 SY0W1 Pebble Beds and Otter Sandstone, with ventifacts A good exposure of Otter Sandstone showing typical sedimentary Dark Lane Budleigh Salterton SY056823 SY08SE1 features as well as eolian sandstone at the base The Maer Exmouth SY008801 Exmouth Mudstone and Sandstone Formation SY08SW1 A good example of the junction between Budleigh