Bawdsey in Suffolk, in common with much of the poorly defended East Anglian coastline, has also been badly hit by erosion this past year. The sand and shingle are steadily giving way to the sea, creating an almost sheer cliff in many stretches along the shoreline. The once well-trodden public footpath at East Lane, already […]
» Coastal Erosion
- Further erosion damage in Suffolk
- Recent erosion uncovers new findings
- Erosion at Orford Ness
- Legacy of the great sea flood of 1953
- Progress to protect Norfolk’s Hemsby coastline from erosion
- Further Corton Erosion
- Legal Case over erosion damage
- Coastal Erosion threatens North Eastern Norfolk housing
- Lifeboats hit by escalating erosion
- Stable shores and sustainable sand production
- North Suffolk Coastal Erosion
- Lowestoft Erosion damage
- Invitation to ‘Suffolk Coast Against Retreat’ AGM 23rd March
- Flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes – Programme of works 2013/14
- Coastal Holiday trade under threat
- Aerial Coastal Photography
- Norfolk Coast erosion film
- Marinet campaigns for protection of East Anglian coastal SSSI
- Suffolk Coastal Erosion
- More Coastal Hazards emerge
The stripping of up to seven metres of sand from many East Anglian beaches and the cut back of more than 25 metres of dune defences has led to numerous discoveries of hidden artefacts, some valuable, others more disturbing. The oil flooding of the East Anglian beaches that emanated following the 6th May 1978 collision […]
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This photograph was taken by Paul England on 18th April ’13. It portrays the erosion at Orford Ness, Suffolk, just 600 metres south of the National Trust barrier. Paul appended “Storm damage has removed a chunk of sea defences about 700 metres south of the Aldeburgh Martello Tower. This is on National Trust land — […]
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It was exactly sixty years ago, in 1953, following the great North Sea Surge when the East Anglian dune defence system was broken through and three hundred people drowned. The government of the day resolved ‘never again’ and promptly set to work installing defences. But they had said the same thing following the 1938 Horsey […]
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Mike King, Marinet member, reports in his newsletter dated 28th March 2013, that progress is being made to save the Newport to Hemsby, and the Hemsby to Winterton Norfolk Valleys (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) from progressive coastal erosion. “On 22nd February 2013 Pat Gowen and Mike King represented MARINET at a meeting of all […]
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Two more of Mike Page’s aerial photographs taken of the sea front at Corton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk.
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Hopton, a major holiday resort housing Bourne Leisure’s large holiday complex has lost between 20,000 and 40,000 cubic metres of sand from its beach, a depth of >3 metres and much of the dune frontage from its once extensive sandy beach, most since the construction of the Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour to its north. Bourne […]
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Continuing offshore aggregate dredging coupled with the recent powerful easterly gales have produced further escalated erosion along the East and North Norfolk coastline, much of which is populated and important to the Summer holiday market. We are again indebted to Aerial photographer Mike Page for these pictures. Click the photographs for a larger image […]
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In the past few weeks a twenty five mile stretch of the Norfolk and Suffolk coastline has had up to five metres of sand stripped off the beach and has lost over ten metres of dune protection, due to huge waves created by a sustained north easterly gale, taking the sand back to the chasms […]
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Andrew Fletcher has produced a short video showing the loss of the £1.5m Ridgemont House due to erosion, and how tree planting can at least mitigate the effects of this. He points out that were such measures used in the UK, making the concrete from sand from the surplus waste from quarries (like the Japanese […]
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The highly popular seaside resort at Hopton-on-Sea has all but lost its once extensive beach, and hence has a high probability of losing much of its tourist dependant income too. The metal steps over the wooden sea defence (revetment) that were installed by the borough council only two years ago are now left dangling in […]
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With the sand stripped beach at Lowestoft now permitting further sea encroachment, waves have begun to undermine and erode the foundations of the 170m stretch of flint sea wall at Lowestoft South Beach between the South Pier and Claremont Pier, breaking it up and ultimately leading to a major section of the promenade going with […]
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You are cordially invited to the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Suffolk Coast Against Retreat organisation (SCAR) to be held at the Riverside Centre, Stratford St Andrew on Saturday 23rd March at 10.30am, with coffee from 10am. The Guest Speaker will be Sir Bill Callaghan, Chair of the Marine Management Organisation with Rt. Hon. […]
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Richard Benyon, Minister for DEFRA, responsible for allocating central government funding to schemes that protect houses from flooding or coastal erosion, announced in Written Ministerial Statements on 7th February 2013 the allocations for Flood and Coastal Erosion management schemes and works that will take place during 2013 and beyond. The Environment Agency have these commitments […]
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Severe and increasing erosion, dramatically worsening over the past year, is now seriously impacting many of East Anglia’s most popular holiday centres. In addition to the threat to habitation, fear exists that the coastal economy, mainly dependent upon its tourist trade will suffer as a result. The latest two victims are Hopton and Corton. At […]
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Those fighting to maintain their coastline, businesses and housing may wish to employ aerial photography to provide evidence of the decline of your beaches, defences and dunes. The cost of overflying an aircraft to perform this can be quite formidable, but the operation can be accomplished by a ‘drone’ under the control and command of […]
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Following his coverage of the Suffolk coastline, aerial photographer Mike Page has just produced two great new films of the Norfolk coastline at low tide that clearly portray the vulnerable spots and weak points in the defences, as well as showing the effectiveness of groynes where they still exist. Mike has just yesterday placed both […]
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Mike King, a Marinet member, wrote to Norfolk’s Great Yarmouth Mercury about the urgent need for the protection of the Winterton – Horsey Dunes SSSISSSI Site of special scientific interest (Winterton Valley) from the depredations of coastal erosion. The Great Yarmouth Mercury published the letter on 2nd November 2012, and we reproduce the text here: […]
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Mike Page has just posted a fascinating five minute video of his 15th December ’12 flight from Easton Bavents to Kessingland along the erosion stricken Suffolk coastline which may be seen below. Note how both the groynes and the tree roots in the forested areas have helped to attenuate the worst of the shoreline loss.
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The increasing serious loss of sand cover of our Norfolk beaches has produced a further hazard to beach users and swimmers, in that the long buried steel bases of World War II shoreline defences and the base of abandoned non-maintained sea defence groynes have been uncovered, leaving sharp metallic spikes, invisible to the unwary. […]
