1. Coastalisation
Investigating the growth of a
crowded coast in the UK - Torbay

2. Memory game
• From the video that was playing as you came
in, can you brainstorm with the person next to
you, what attractions you could see that
would encourage tourists to come to this
coastal area.
LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay

3. Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay
• Torbay is in South Devon – you will visit this area on your fieldtrip…
• Torbay is made up of three towns, Torquay,
Paignton and Brixham
• Torbay has a population of 134,000 – Torquay
60,000
• The local economy is heavily reliant on tourism
• With over 40% of the workforce employed in the
tourist industry
• £3.8 million was spent by domestic tourists alone
in 2005
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5. Why did Torquay grow as a coastal resort?
LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay

6. TASK: Copy out the table below, cut out the cards and then
stick them into the appropriate place on your table.
Environmental
factors
Economic factors Social factors Who decides????
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7. Natural Economic Social WHO decides?
Mild climate –
faces east
1848 Great
Western Railway
promoted area as
the English
Riviera.
Victorians
promoted it as a
place for sick to
visit. No industrial
air pollution in
Torquay unlike the
cities.
Great Western
Railway
Sheltered – faces
east
Railways opened
up for middle
classes,
affordable.
Fashionable – sign
of wealth.
Local Authority /
Mayor
1 degree warmer
than Exeter
Tourists
Sea – sandy beach Local Business /
land owners
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8. Can you add anything else…..
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9. Where does Torquay fit on the Butler Model?
Butlers Model:
• Small village, local industry such as fishing,
good climate, sheltered harbour,
• Expanding Tourism. Shift from primary to
tourism
• Intensive Tourism. Tourism dominant function.
Torquay now got Living Coast – flagship project.
Harbour waterfront regenerated fort tourists.
• Where Torquay is now.
• NOW: option to continue to be profitable and
successful or could crash and loose its
popularity.
• In order to keep popular with tourists, Torquay
needs to attract people away from cheap flights
abroad.
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10. Task
Produce a poster using the information from this lesson
and your own research to explain why Torquay has
experienced such rapid growth – coastalisation.
• Investigate why Torquay has grown and chart the
changes in their population and popularity over time.
• Human and physical reasons why Torquay has grown.
• Include a section on the general growth of UK seaside
resorts and relate to the growth of Torquay.
• Include a sketch map of the area.
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11. Why has Toquay’s population grown exponentially?
FACES EAST
1848 Great Western Railway promoted area as the English Riviera.
LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay