This paper summarises a project investigating sediment movements on the east coast of England and in the Southern North Sea. Phase 2 of the Southern North Sea Sediment Transport Study was undertaken between 2000 and 2002 and utilised knowledge and data obtained from consultation with coastal and seabed managers, a synthesis of existing knowledge for sediment transport, new results from computational modelling of sediment transport, and new field data collected at three sites (Winterton Ness – East Norfolk, Clacton/Gunfleet Sandbank – Essex and the mouth of the Humber Estuary – between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire). Expert analysis of the knowledge combined with mapping in a GIS environment was completed to provide an improved understanding of sediment transport for coastal management.