]> 2026-04-14T04:20:08+00:00 Case study:Forest Halt, Saltburn Valley Gardens 500 en Draft RAB Consultants Great Britain Yes No Yes false Flood defence 6 S8B8458.jpg Flood defence 6 S8B84578.jpg WP 20190131 11 05 415 Pro.jpg 147.jpg 20170621 113005.jpg Forest Halt No 5000 - 10000 k€ 54.579049863942,-0.97033589963178 Peter RAB Consultants Batty ,, ,,, 24007 2018-09-04Z 2458365.5 WP 20181008 14 46 44 Pro.jpg 2017-10-11Z 2458037.5 Complete The initial scope of the project was to assess the overall structural and hydromorphological condition of the watercourse running through Saltburn Valley Gardens to identify areas on potential improvement. Three areas were identified as requiring intervention within the gardens where the part of the watercourse was beginning to effect infrastructure, namely the miniature railway line and the public car park or deposition is severely reducing the capacity of the channel. Given the lack of infrastructure surrounding the remainder of the watercourse this will be left to its natural processes. The first of the areas is located at the downstream end of the watercourse, at the confluence of Skelton Beck, Millholme Beck and the sea. At this location rapid erosion is taking place of the right-hand bank due to frequent inundation and the diversion of flows caused by silt deposition upstream, the second area of interest. The third area of interest and focus of this entry, is an area at the upstream end of the gardens adjacent to the final platform of the Saltburn Miniature Railway. This rapid response watercourse was regularly inundating the miniature railway and washing away both river bank and the sub base the tracks are laid on. The erosion was taking place on the outside of a sharp bend in the watercourse and various methods had pervious been tried to halt the erosion. All of these has subsequently failed leaving an area of bare earth with embedded pieces of gabion basket and other failed erosion protection measures. A feasibility study was then undertaken considering the following options: Do nothing Use of local tree root balls to be imbedded in the bank with willow revetment Use of vegetated bags with large stone revetment Inclined gabion stone baskets. Sheet piles with coir matting, willow faggots and rock rolls A matrix scoring each option against environmental, economic and technical criteria was created and option 5 was selected offering erosion protection, flood protection and environmental benefits. Detailed design, specification, construction drawings, method statement and environmental risk assessment were produced to allow the flood risk activity permit to be granted and the contractor to undertake the work. The works were undertaken in line with the methods statement approved by the Environment Agency which included a number of silt curtains and use of biodiesel. Forest Halt, Saltburn Valley Gardens forest halt, saltburn valley gardens No 50 Tees Northumbria Skelton Beck Catch (Saltburn) trib of North Sea skelton beck catch (saltburn) trib of north sea Forest Halt, Saltburn Valley Gardens forest halt, saltburn valley gardens 500 - 1000 k€ 10 - 100 km² 328 200 - 500 m Skelton Beck Catch (Saltburn) trib of North Sea GB103025071970 Economic aspects Flood risk management Social benefits more than 10000 k€ more than 10000 k€ 2018-08-28Z 2458358.5 2018-07-17Z 2458316.5 2019-02-20T15:43:34Z 2458535.1552546 2019-02-20T16:25:57Z 2458535.1846875 Forest Halt, Saltburn Valley Gardens 500 1 plainlist 5 [[Category:Case study]] [[Project title::!Forest Halt, Saltburn Valley Gardens]] [[Subcatchment title::Skelton Beck Catch (Saltburn) trib of North Sea]] Forest Halt, Saltburn Valley Gardens# QUERY20bec5d108ea977fc825e918e3704b24