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Plate 76 Looking south from Baglan Dunes towards northern end of Aberavon revetment

Plate 77 Looking north from Baglan Burrows (eroding) towards the mouth of the River Neath

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Plate 78 Neath Estuary (Google Earth Pro, 2009)

Plate 79 River channel training walls at the mouth of the River Neath (Futurecoast)

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Plate 80 The mouth of the River Neath looking seawards

Plate 81 Brunel Quays looking north towards the M4 bridge

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Plate 82 Looking west across the River Neath towards Baglan Power Station

Crymlyn Burrows

Figure 12 Crymlyn Burrows (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Defence Crest NAI Residual Maintenance Code (km) Types Level Life (Yrs) Resp. (mODN) W.83.4103 Jersey Marine Beach 20.5 Dunes N/A N/A Private W.83.4101 Jersey Marine 1.07 No defences +8.9 <20 Private W.84.5300 BP Tank Farm 0.56 Seawall/Revetment +9.0 <20 ABP

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Plate 83 Crymlyn Burrows looking north

Plate 84 Crymlyn Burrows looking west

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Plate 85 Revetment along former BP Tank Farm

Plate 86 Swansea Docks to the River Neath (Google Earth Pro, 2009)

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Swansea (Swansea Docks to Head)

Figure 13 Swansea (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Defence Crest NAI Maintenance Code (km) Types Level Residual Resp. (mODN) Life (Yrs) W.84.5290 Swansea Queens Dock 2.4 Revetment No info <20 ABP W.84.5286 Swansea East Breakwater 0.4 Breakwater N/A No info ABP W.84.5283 R. Tawe Sch 4 Bdy 0.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A W.84.5280 Swansea West Pier 0.56 Breakwater N/A No info ABP W.84.5277 South Dock Dunes 0.5 Dunes +10.5 N/A No info W.84.5275 South Dock Marina 0.53 Seawall +9.5 20-50 CCS No info Marriott old seawall 0.12 Seawall +9.5 <20 CCS W.84.5273 Swansea County Hall 0.7 Revetment +9.5 20-50 CCS W.84.5270 St Helens/Oystermouth Rd 0.9 Seawall +8.5 20-50 CCS W.84.5264 Brynmill 1.05 Revetment +8.5 20-50 CCS

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W.84.5262 Singleton Park Access 0.02 Seawall +8.9 20-50 CCS W.84.5260 Sketty Golf Course 0.6 Dunes N/A N/A CCS No info Sketty Golf Course 0.6 Concrete Revet No info 20-50 CCS W.84.5875 Black Pill Area 0.2 Concrete blocks +7.0 20-50 CCS W.84.5255 Black Pill Area 0.2 Sheet pile +7.0 20-50 CCS No info West Cross to Blackpill 0.6 Revetment/ none +7.0 <20 CCS No info West Cross 0.7 Revetment +6.7 <20 CCS W.84.5250 Norton revetment (just past 0.5 Revetment +6.7 20-50 CCS ice-cream parlour) W.84.5247 Area 0.4 Seawall +6.1 <20 CCS W.84.5245 The Mumbles 0.7 Revetment +5.8 <20 CCS W.84.5870 Knab Rock - reinforced 0.75 Seawall/ toe rock +6.6 20-50 CCS earth armour W.84.5240 Knab Rock Slipway 0.05 Slipway +8.2 20-50 CCS W.84.5237 Mumbles Cutting 0.4 Revetment +8.2 <20 Private W.84.5233 Mumbles Pier 0.15 Seawall +9.0 20-50 Private W.84.5230 Mumbles Head 0.5 HRS N/A N/A No info

EAW is currently undertaking a pre-feasibility study at Swansea City Centre (NGR: SS 66236 92840) to reappraise coastal defences around Swansea Marina and the Sainsbury’s superstore area (2009- 2010).

Plate 87 Swansea Docks (RCAHMW)

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Plate 88 Swansea Docks: Queens Dock revetment looking east

Plate 89 Port of Swansea Queens Dock revetment and East Breakwater

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Plate 90 Tawe Barrage

Plate 91 Swansea Swansea Docks (Shoreline Management Partnership)

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Plate 92 Swansea West Pier

Plate 93 South Dock Dunes

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Plate 94 South Dock Marina seawall

Plate 95 Marriott old seawall from County Hall revetment

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Plate 96 Swansea County Hall revetment

Plate 97 Swansea seawall, looking towards County Hall Swansea

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Plate 98 Swansea seawall

Plate 99 Swansea seawall

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Plate 100 Brynmill revetment, looking towards Swansea

Plate 101 Brynmill

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Plate 102 Sketty Golf Course dunes from Singleton Park Access Ramp, looking towards Swansea

Plate 103 Sketty Golf Course dunes from Singleton Park Access Ramp

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Plate 104 Blackpill looking towards Swansea

Plate 105 Blackpill, note exposed seawall at upper edge of beach/ dune, natural build up of sand

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Plate 106 Blackpill looking towards Mumbles Head

Plate 107

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Plate 108 West Cross revetment

Plate 109 West Cross revetment

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Plate 110 Norton revetment looking towards Blackpill

Plate 111 Norton revetment

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Plate 112 Norton revetment and set-back wall

Plate 113 Oystermouth seawall

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Plate 114 Oystermouth seawall

Plate 115 Oystermouth seawall

There is risk of undermining at toe, narrow promenade and risk of overtopping/ overflow during extreme storms. CCS structural assessment estimated 25 year residual life.

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Plate 116 Mumbles revetment looking towards Oystermouth

Note set-back wall inshore of narrow promenade. Low level crest, potential risk of overtopping/ overflow during extreme tides

Plate 117Mumbles revetment looking towards Mumbles Pier,

Note set-back wall inshore of narrow promenade. Low level crest, potential risk of overtopping/ overflow during extreme tides.

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Plate 118 Mumbles revetment, evidence of undermining at toe.

Low level crest, potential risk of overtopping/ overflow during extreme tides. Various patch repairs required to maintain in the short term.

Plate 119 Mumbles revetment

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Plate 120 Knab Rock slipway

Plate 121 Knab Rock reinforced earth seawall, performance of steel bands to be assessed by CCS (100 year design life)

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Plate 122 Mumbles Cutting revetment

Plate 123 Mumbles Cutting revetment

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Plate 124 Mumbles Pier

Plate 125 Mumbles Pier seawall

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LARGE SCALE: Mumbles Head to Worm’s Head

Mumbles Head to Southgate

Figure 14 Mumbles Head to Southgate (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Crest NAI Maintenance Code (km) Defence Types Level Residual Resp. (mODN) Life (Yrs) No info Revetment and prom 0.03 Revet/ prom N/A 20-50 CCS No info Seawall/ slipway 0.03 Seawall N/A 20-50 CCS W.84.5225 Limeslade to Mumbles Hd 1.2 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5223 0.11 Revet/seawall +11.2 20-50 CCS W.84.5220 Rothers to Rams Tor 1.45 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5218 Rothers Bay .08 Revetment +12.2 20-50 CCS W.84.5217 Rothers Tor 0.2 HRS N/A N/A No info No info east 0.1 Seawall +9.5 <20 CCS W.84.5216 Langland Bay west 0.34 Seawall/ apron +9.5 20-50 CCS W.84.5214 Newton Cliff 0.9 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5212 Whiteshell Point 0.45 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5210 Cliffs 0.51 Soft RS N/A N/A No info W.84.5208 Caswell Bay East 0.08 Revetment +8.0 20-50 CCS W.84.5206 Caswell Bay 0.2 HRS N/A N/A Private No info Bay House 0.075 Stone wall >+10.0 <20 No info W.84.5205 Redcliffe Promenade 0.2 Revetment/ >+10.0 20-50 CCS/ Private Gabions W.84.5204 Caswell Bay West 0.32 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5202 Caswell 0.3 HRS N/A N/A No info

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W.84.5200 0.9 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5195 Bishopston Area 0.3 Shingle N/A N/A No info W.84.5192 2.06 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5190 Pwlldu Head 0.8 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5188 High Tor 0.5 HRS N/A N/A No info W.84.5186 West Cliff, 0.82 HRS N/A N/A No info

Plate 126 Mumbles Head from

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Plate 127 Bracelet Bay, seawall/ slipway and revetment/ short section of promenade

Plate 128 Limeslade Bay revetment

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Plate 129 Rothers Bay stepped revetment, constructed in the 1990s

Plate 130 Langland Bay, looking west, risk of undermining

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Plate 131 Langland Bay, looking east

Note the recently constructed apron halfway along seawall then natural beach at toe of seawall and risk of undermining.

Plate 132 Caswell Bay (Shoreline Management Partnership)

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Plate 133 Caswell Bay revetment, note undermining of building, left foreground

Plate 134 Caswell Bay Redcliffe coastal defences

Plate 135 Caswell Bay Redcliffe coastal defences

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Plate 136 Caswell Bay Redcliffe coastal defences

Plate 137 Caswell Bay Redcliffe coastal defences, note undermining at toe of steps

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Plate 138 Cliffs south-west of Caswell Bay

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Oxwich Bay (Southgate to Oxwich Point)

Figure 15 (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Crest NAI Maintenance Resp. Code (km) Defence Types Level Residual (mODN) Life (Yrs) W.84.5180 0.95 HRS/Dunes N/A N/A No info W.84.5175 Nicholaston Burrows 1.40 Dunes N/A N/A No info W.84.5162 Oxwich Bay 1.0 Dunes N/A N/A No info W.84.5161 Oxwich 0.35 Car-park (no +7.0 N/A Private defence) W.84.5160 Oxwich Hotel Road 0.11 Seawall +8.0 20-50 Private W.84.5159 Oxwich Wood 0.11 Hard Rock N/A N/A No info Shore W.84.5158 Oxwich Point 0.85 Hard Rock N/A N/A No info Shore

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Plate 139 South Gower (Google Earth Pro, 2009)

Plate 140 Three Cliffs Bay (Shoreline Management Partnership)

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Plate 141 Oxwich Bay looking north-east, note erosion to edge of car park

Plate 142 Oxwich Bay Hotel Road seawall

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Port Eynon Bay (Oxwich Point to Port-Eynon Point)

Figure 16 Port-Eynon Bay (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Defence Types Crest NAI Maintenance Code (km) Level Residual Resp. (mODN) Life (Yrs) W.84.5157 Slade, Oxwich 2.75 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5155 Slade Sands 0.2 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5150 The Cave, Horton 0.8 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5095 Bay 1.25 Artfl. Ptn/Dunes N/A N/A No info Port Eynon car park 0.04 Sheet pile wall N/A 20-50 CCS W.84.5092 Port Eynon, Salt House 0.27 Seawall N/A 20-50 CCS W.84.5089 Port Eynon Point 0.1 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info

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Plate 143 Horton

Plate 144 Port Eynon looking north-east towards Horton

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Plate 145 Port Eynon looking north-east towards Horton, exposed eroding clay on foreshore

Plate 146 Port Eynon car park sheet piled wall

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Plate 147 Port Eynon looking south towards slipway, residential house, youth hostel and Salt House

Plate 148 Port Eynon slipway, note rocky foreshore

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Plate 149 Port Eynon residential house (holiday cottage) seawall

Plate 150 Port Eynon Salt House revetment, masonry cladding has been displaced in places

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Plate 151 Port Eynon youth hostel (sited at former lifeboat station) and residential properties seawall, note undermining of defences

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Port Eynon Point to Worms Head

Figure 17 Port Eynon Point to Worms Head (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Defence Crest Level NAI Maintenance Code (km) Types (mODN) Residual Life Resp. (Yrs) W.84.5088 Overton 2.2 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5086 Mewslade to 3.6 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info Overton W.84.5084 Thurba 0.45 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5082 Mewslade Bay 0.75 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5080 Fall Bay 0.46 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5077 Worms Head to 4.00 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info Tears Point W.84.5076 Worms Head 2.00 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info

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Plate 152 Mewslade Bay, looking east

Plate 153 Mewslade, looking west

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Plate 154 Worms Head, Gower

Plate 155 Worms Head, Gower

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LARGE SCALE: Carmarthen Bay (Worms Head to Giltar Point) - Part One

Worms Head to

Figure 18 Worms Head to Burry Holms (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Defence Crest NAI Maintenance Code (km) Types Level Residual Resp. (mODN) Life (Yrs) W.84.5076 Worms Head 2 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5075 to Kitchen Corner 1.55 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info W.84.5070 Rhossili Bay 4.6 Dunes N/A N/A No info

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Plate 156 Rhossilli Bay from the south

Plate 157 Rhossili Bay from the north (Shoreline Management Partnership)

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Burry Holms to Whiteford Point

Figure 19 Burry Holms to Whiteford Point (Crown copyright, Licence No. 100023377, 2009)

The following coastal defences presently exist along this frontage:

Defence Location Length Existing Defence Crest NAI Maintenance Code (km) Types Level Residual Resp. (mODN) Life (Yrs) W.84.5066 Three Chimneys to Spaniard 0.8 Hard Rock Shore N/A N/A No info Rock W.84.5064 Bluepool Corner 0.48 Hard RS Dunes N/A N/A No info W.84.5062 Twlc Point to Minor Point 0.74 Hard RS Dunes N/A N/A No info W.84.5061 Broughton Burrows 0.23 Rubble revetment 9.9 <20 Private W.84.5060 Broughton Bay 1.45 Dunes N/A N/A No info W.84.5055 Whiteford Sands 3.4 Dunes N/A N/A National Trust

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