Walberswick Sea Defence Group - Flood Gallery Index

Here is a selection of images dating from the 2006 Spring Tide and November 2006 floodings of Walberswick and the surrounding lands, particularly between Walberswick and Dunwich to the South. When the WSDG manages to either maintain their own defences for the village (or encourage the Environment Agency to take significant action) we will show how well they stand up to the North Sea in preserving Walberswick's characteristic geography and wildlife!
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1.	A good view of the waterlogged ground around Walberswick, about a week after the Spring 2006 flooding, the water having still not drained. Thanks to Michael Page for this shot.
2.	Here is a clearer shot of the marshes between Dunwich and Walberswick, showing the sea battering the Dingle defences, which will need significant strengthening to resist this sort of tidal surge as seen here by Michael Page, at the 2006 Spring Tide.
3.	Walberswick is in the foreground looking south towards Dunwich. The area to the top of the picture is where the Environment Agency plan to let the sea break the defences and create a permanent estuary. Thanks to Michael Page for this image.
4.	This is another shot of the flooding of the Ferry Road car park - more used to floods of people for the annual Crabbing Championship. On the right hand side you can see the old 1953 sea wall, the last line of defence.
5.	Here is more flooding between Walberswick and Dunwich in the 2006 Spring Tide, captured by Michael Page. This view looks deceptively peaceful with the earlier snow still on the ground.
6.	Here is a better shot of the floods, looking inland (north-westerly) from the sea wall. The car park and road are under around 18 inches to two feet of water.
7.	A spectacular shot by Michael Page of the 2006 Spring Tide near its peak, the trees on the bottom left of the picture give an idea of the scale.
8.	2007: Overnight on Thursday 8th November and into the Friday morning high spring tides combined with weather patterns to create a major tidal surge in the North Sea. Here the river wall between Walberswick Ferry and the Bailey Bridge overtops (courtesy of Steve Macfarlane)
9.	2007: November 9th. The tidal surge combining with high spring tides punched through the defences of Tinkers Marsh and the mass of water flowing onto Tinkers caused the track from the Bailey bridge into Walberswick to fail catestrophically (courtesy of Richard Steward). Before any repairs to breached defences can be undertaken it is necessary to reinstate this track.
10.	2007: November 8th/9th: Downstream of the Bailey Bridge the high tides created multiple breaches in the poorly maintained defences of Tinkers Marshes. (courtesy of Graham Hay Davidson).
11.	November 2007: This photo by Mike Page vividly captures the extent of the damage caused by the high tides of November 8th and 9th. The flooding at Tinkers Marsh (top centre), the damage to the Bailey bridge road and the threat to properties in the Lea from the flooding of Robinsons Marsh is clearly shown.
12.	November 2007: The Walberswick to Dunwich coastline fared no better. Yet again the high tides punched through the shingle ridge, flooding Dingle Marshes, damaging fresh water habitats and putting pressure on the Dunwich river (courtesy of Mike Page).
13.	November 2007: Another photo courtesy of Mike Page shows that once again a tidal breach has broken the integrity of the marshes behind the ridge and put fresh water habitats at severe risk.
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