Catchment to Coast
Catchment to Coast is one of 25 DEFRA funded Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme (FCRIP) projects which will reduce flood risk, reduce coastal erosion and improve drought tolerance across Southend and Thurrock. New and innovative measures will be trialed and data gathered on wider aspects such as water quality and habitats so that local, regional and national policy can be improved to allow us to better adapt to our changing climate.
Our Catchment Zones
Upper Catchment
Using innovative measures to keep water on the land longer and slow the flow down through the hydraulic catchment to urban areas.
Middle Catchment
Capturing, storing, treating and re-using rainwater to improve flood resilience and reduce demand on our mains water supply.
Lower Catchment
Innovative nature-based solutions to improve coastal resilience and improve water quality.
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Share your local knowledge
Are you a long term resident of the catchment? Do you have some stories around any of our proposed sites that might show how the land has changed over time? Is there a local ghost story we don’t know about? We want to hear your stories and collect your local knowledge of the catchment, in particular around our proposed intervention sites as part of our Stories from Source to Sea.
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Latest News
January 5, 2024
Our Retrofit Home – Open House
Southend City Council were very pleased to formally open the Juniper Road retrofit house on the 23rd of November. The house…
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January 4, 2024
The Railway Bridge Commission
Catchment to Coast is pleased to showcase this collaboration with Focal Point Gallery who have based their annual Railway Bridge Commission on…
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December 19, 2023
Our community mural
At our recent event in Belfairs Woods, the public created an amazing community mural capturing the goals of our upper…
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The Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme
Catchment to Coast is one of 25 DEFRA funded Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme (FCRIP) projects seeking to demonstrate how practical innovation actions can improve resilience to flooding and coastal erosion. A £150m funding pot was announced in 2020 as part the governments National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England where local authorities were invited to submit an expression of interest in 2021.
Understand the background of FCRIPProjects are seeking to mitigate against current and future flood risks from the sea, rivers, groundwater and surface water whilst providing wider benefits to aspects such as water quality and biodiversity.