British holidaymakers’ treasured seasides are feeling the creep of coastal erosion and the quickening of the process due to climate change 🌊 Here are five seasides weathering the consequences
Five homes were demolished and a sixth moved inland. Coastal communities in East Anglia, the south and south-west coast, and slivers of northern England all face similar risks. British holidaymakers’ treasured seasides are feeling the creep of coastal erosion and the quickening of the process due toNorfolk’s “lost villages” signal the impact of centuries of erosion on the county’s coast.
“By the 2080s, a significant portion of East Anglia and the south coast are also vulnerable,” reads the report.Happisburgh, NorfolkThe village on the north-east of Norfolk has gathered publicity for the erosion of its coast. Happisburgh was at most risk from the process, according to figures published in 2019 by the Environmental Agency’s national coastal erosion risk mapping project. It calculated that 318ft of land would have eroded by 2040.
A sandy, secluded beach and red and white lighthouse are among Happisburgh’s attractions. In 2013, a storm revealed parts of human footprints on Happisburgh’s beach that were between 850,000 and 950,000 years old. They provided the earliest evidence so far of humans in Britain as well as the oldest human footprints that had been discovered outside of Africa. A trail around the village includes information panels that provide snapshots of its history.
In the village of Barmston is a 2 km stretch of flat, sandy beach. Come summer, sand martins nest in the cliffs. There’s a caravan park near the shore. The beach reaches to the thriving seaside town of Bridlington, which has independent gift, antique and other shops on its Georgian high street.South of Lowestoft, Kessingland Valley is under a flood risk management scheme. The area lacks formal flood defences and is reliant on eroding sand dunes for protection.
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