Homes in danger - in pictures: Filey, Holderness Easington, Bridlington, Speeton and Flamborough Head - the coastal erosion putting Yorkshire trail at risk
By Dave Hammond
Published 9th Mar 2022, 15:12 BST
Updated 10th Mar 2022, 11:13 BST
Yorkshire's coastal trail, which takes in the likes of Filey, Easington and Holderness, Speeton, Bridlington and Flamborough Head could be in jeopardy.
Plans to extend a 2,795-mile-long national trail along the Yorkshire coastline appears to be at risk of quite literally falling into the sea as land earmarked for the pathway crumbles under a battering from the elements.
Owing to the rate that coastlines are being eroded, the plan to lead a trail around the English coastline was slowed by a European court case which demanded Natural England reassess its impact.
A dog walker comes perilously close to the edge on the former Ulrome to Skipsea road that most sections have fallen into the sea , due to the coastal erosion along the East Coast at Ulrome near Skipsea. Photo: Gary Longbottom
Taken in 2020, this photo from Skipsea then showed the perilous position some properties found themselves in as the sea threatens to swallow them up. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
6. The fastest disappearing coastline in North West Europe
These Skipsea homes - photographed in 2020 - have the unenviable position of being along the fastest disappearing coastline in North West Europe. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
Coastal erosion at Withernsea - pictured here in 2019 - is placing property - including homes - and lives at risk as the damage relentlessly progresses inland.
Picture by Simon Hulme Photo: Simon Hulme
8. Hornsea residents under pressure from mother nature
Longbeach Leisure Park, Hornsea - photographed by drone from the air - are panicked knowing that the coast is eroding at a rate of 2.3m per year, according to the local council. Photo SWNS Photo: SWNS
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