A field trip to Newhaven will be set up to test the hypothesis that "You cannot change one part of the coastline without affecting another". New haven is a well established coastal port overlooking the English Channel.

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A field trip to Newhaven will be set up to test the hypothesis that “You cannot change one part of the coastline without affecting another”. New haven is a well established coastal port overlooking the English Channel.

The exact suite to be investigated will be the stretch of coastline from Newhaven to Seaford and Birling Gap. Seaford is a smaller port a few kilometres from Newhaven. This site should be perfect to test the hypothesis with a wide enough area to make the findings reliable. This site has been chosen because a major alteration to the coastline, in the form of a harbour arm, which has been in place for over 100years. The harbour arm is located in Newhaven.

This is a well established construction, and was a major change to the coastline. Over such a long period of time any changes to other parts of the coastline as a direct result of the harbour arm, should now have taken place. Investigations should reveal evidence of any changes affecting other coastlines, and establish reasons to test the hypothesis. At the end of the investigation sufficient data should have be accumulated to prove or disprove whether the building of the harbour arm at Newhaven has influenced changes along other parts of the coastline.

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Newhaven is a busy resort in the South of England, on the English Channel. Until the 16th Century there was no harbour at Newhaven, because the River Ouse reached the sea at Seaford. In 1579 a great storm diverted the river, and ‘Newhaven’ was the result. It soon became a thriving coastal town and shipping area. Newhaven was an extremely popular port in the 19th Century, for tourism as well as business. In 1847 the cross channel service from Newhaven to Dieppe in France began. The service began with paddle-steamers by way of transportation, and has been going ever since, cross ...

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