Future Coast North Swanage - part of the Coastal transition accelerator programme

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Charmouth and North Swanage have been selected for funding through the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme CTAP, supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and funded by the Environment Agency (EA).

Coastal change is a nationwide challenge, but Charmouth and North Swanage are uniquely positioned to get a head start. Future Coast Dorset will help these communities manage their changing coasts and become more resilient. With £3 million in funding, the project will enhance infrastructure, improve beach access, develop and improve awareness of coastal risk and create plans for the future.

This initiative is a significant step towards a resilient and thriving coastline for future generations.

NEW join our citizen science initiative Future Coast Click and upload your North Swanage coastal photographs here

Please click on the picture links below


The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme supports the Environment Agency’s FCERM Strategy, which provides a longer-term vision of how we will better protect and prepare homes and businesses from flooding and coastal change and create climate resilient places.


Charmouth and North Swanage have been selected for funding through the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme CTAP, supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and funded by the Environment Agency (EA).

Coastal change is a nationwide challenge, but Charmouth and North Swanage are uniquely positioned to get a head start. Future Coast Dorset will help these communities manage their changing coasts and become more resilient. With £3 million in funding, the project will enhance infrastructure, improve beach access, develop and improve awareness of coastal risk and create plans for the future.

This initiative is a significant step towards a resilient and thriving coastline for future generations.

NEW join our citizen science initiative Future Coast Click and upload your North Swanage coastal photographs here

Please click on the picture links below


The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme supports the Environment Agency’s FCERM Strategy, which provides a longer-term vision of how we will better protect and prepare homes and businesses from flooding and coastal change and create climate resilient places.


  • Future Coast North Swanage Survey 2026

    Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.

    In 2025, at the start of the Future Coast North Swanage project, we asked the community for their views on coastal change, adaptation and resilience. The responses helped us understand local awareness, concerns and priorities, and have influenced the direction of the project. If you would like to see how the community responded at the time please look at the findings summarised in our FCNS Engagement Round 2 Summary. 

    As the project approaches its conclusion in March 2027, we are now asking the same questions again. While this may feel strange, using the same survey is essential as it allows us to compare results over time and understand whether community views, awareness and understanding have changed during the project. 

    Future Coast North Swanage is one of a number of projects helping to explore how coastal communities can prepare for future coastal change. The lessons learnt in Swanage will contribute to wider national learning and may help shape approaches used in other coastal communities facing similar challenges. Understanding whether awareness has increased, whether views have changed, or even whether opinions have remained largely the same, is all valuable evidence.

    It is also important to recognise that the project's reach has grown significantly since the start of the project, when awareness was lower and fewer people were connected to the project through newsletters, events and our mailing list. Repeating the survey provides an opportunity to understand how engagement with the project may have influenced community understanding and attitudes, while also capturing views from people who may have become involved more recently.

    Whether your views have changed or stayed the same or you're completely new to the project and didn't participate in the first survey, we would very much like to hear from you. Every response will help us better understand how communities can respond and adapt to coastal change in the future.

    Thank you for your participation and support.

    Take Survey
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