Useful contacts
Canterbury Christ Church University College (CCCUC)
www.cant.ac.uk
01227 767700
Canterbury City Council
www.canterbury.gov.uk
01227 862 000: Foreshore: 01227 862533
Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent
www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/dice/
01227 764000
Dover District Council
www.dover.gov.uk
01304 821199
Ecology Research Group (CCCUC)
http://business-sciences.canterbury.ac.uk/geography-and-science/
01227 782663
Emergency Services
www.emergencyservices-uk.com
999 – Coastguard, Ambulance, Police, Fire
English Nature – Kent Office
www.english-nature.org.uk
01233 812525
Environment Agency
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
0800 807060 – shore based hazardous pollution
Greenwich University
www.gre.ac.uk
020 8331 8000
Health and Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk
08701 545500
HM Coastguard, Dover
01304 210008 – shipping derived pollution/incidents (weather and tide information)
Kent and Essex Sea Fisheries Committee
01843 585310
Kent County Council
www.kent.gov.uk
08458 247247 (call centre)
Kent County Council – Coastal Officer
01622 221487
Kent County Council – Archaeology
01622 221541
Kent Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS) Group
www.kentrigs.org.uk/
Kent Wildlife Trust
www.kentwildlife.org.uk/ (and www.wildlifetrusts.org/)
01622 662012
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
www.jncc.gov.uk
Marine Conservation Society
www.mcsuk.org/
01989 566017
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
www.mcagency.org.uk
0870 600 6505
Natural History Museum
www.nhm.ac.uk/
020 7942 5011
North East Kent Coastal Scientific Advisory Group
c/o Thanet Coast Project
Pegwell Bay Country Park
01843 851137 (or call Kent Wildlife Trust) part of the Sandwich and Pegwell Bay NNR
Reculver Country Park Visitor Centre
01227 740676 – or call Kent Wildlife Trust
Royal Harbour Ramsgate/Marina
www.ramsgatemarina.co.uk
01843 572100 – Tides and harbour information
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)
www.rnli.org.uk
01202 663000
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
www.rspb.org.uk
01767 680551
RSPCA
www.rspca.org.uk
08705 555999 (Injured birds/animals)
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust (SBBOT)
www.sbbo.co.uk
01304 617341
Thanet Coast Project
www.thanetcoast.org.uk
01843 577672
Thanet District Council (TDC)
www.thanet.gov.uk
01843 577000 (call centre)
Thanet District Council – Foreshore manager
01843 5777275 – other items/hazards (9am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Thanet District Council – Visitor Information Centres (Thanet)
www.tourism.thanet.gov.uk
01843 583333
Thanet Leisure Force
01843 227959 – Bay inspectors/lifeguards
Thanet Police
01843 231055 – Other suspicious activities
Thanet Seabird Rescue
01843 862632 – Oil affected seabirds
Thanet Water Users’ Group: see TDC Foreshore Manager
University of Kent
www.kent.ac.uk
01227 764000 – see DICE