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a solution. Launched on 22 March 2014 it took over 1,700 signatures by 7 April. The council's Head of
Infrastructure had responded that no funding was available to stabilise the coastline and that it would cost a significant amount of money to rebuild the steps. Sutton and party members organised a public meeting in August 2014 and appealed to the local community to form a pressure group to reopen the steps. The Friends of Castle Cove Beach was formed, with the group becoming a charity three years later. The charity functioned by being inclusive and non-political, and by involving all the communities connected to the beach. They set up a Facebook page which attracted 1,200 supporters, ran social and fundraising events, and started a monthly newsletter. In 2018, the charity leased a strip of land leading to the beach, gained planning permission and started trying to fundraise £35,000. In April 2019, new stairs were installed, through this means. It was opened by Brian Wilkins, who had been using the beach since 1938.
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A landslip resulted in the removal of the steps to the beach in
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Portland Harbour was made a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1987. In Castle Cove the SSSi is between the closed Underbarn footpath and the mean tide water mark. There are 27 restrictions attached to the SSSi, such as creating a track through it. These
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908:Chaldon Hill
816:Weymouth Bay
615:Chesil Beach
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488:Weston Mouth
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943:Pinion Rock
928:Durdle Door
903:White Nothe
874:Perry Ledge
839:Jordan Hill
834:Furzy Cliff
741:King's Pier
736:Durdle Pier
701:Pulpit Rock
691:Mutton Cove
666:Chesil Cove
528:Ware Cliffs
380: /
112:Triple SSSi
64:to protect
48:, southern
30:Castle Cove
25:Castle Cove
1210:Categories
1088:Swyre Head
1051:Kimmeridge
1041:Brandy Bay
1011:Cow Corner
988:Arish Mell
953:Stair Hole
948:Dungy Head
918:Swyre Head
913:Bat's Head
869:Bran Point
859:Black Head
746:Folly Pier
648:Chickerell
638:Abbotsbury
605:Eype Mouth
590:Golden Cap
546:Lyme Regis
518:Pinhay Bay
493:Branscombe
468:Ladram Bay
453:Otter Cove
430:East Devon
365:50°35′49″N
158:Citatation
54:Wyke Regis
1066:Hen Cliff
1031:Gad Cliff
879:Ringstead
849:Broadrock
821:Greenhill
751:Salt Pans
731:Jurassica
716:Cave Hole
671:Tar Rocks
643:Gore Cove
578:Charmouth
573:Black Ven
498:Beer Head
473:High Peak
443:Sandy Bay
368:2°27′36″W
91:Ownership
75:Amenities
1123:East Man
1113:West Man
983:Mupe Bay
776:Weymouth
686:Blacknor
676:Clay Ope
623:West Bay
563:Lyme Bay
478:Sidmouth
325:12 April
303:12 April
277:12 April
255:12 April
226:12 April
204:12 April
182:12 April
121:See also
42:Weymouth
1158:Swanage
1118:Winspit
1036:Tyneham
595:Seatown
50:England
538:Dorset
513:Seaton
46:Dorset
347:7 May
138:Notes
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38:beach
508:Beer
349:2019
327:2014
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