The safety barriers that mean the end of the road for elderly couple

Land on the coast at Aldbrough between Hornsea and Withernsea is now so unstable that East Riding Council has moved a concrete barrier 10 metres inland to prevent vehicles falling over the cliff.

But the move has left Edith and Brian Grantham trapped in their bungalow in Camp Lane. Their only access is through a privately-owned caravan park, whose owner does not want them to use it. The council has offered alternative accommodation but they prefer to stay put.

Mrs Grantham, 76, said: "We don't want to be moved, we want to stay in our own little homestead. We are comfortable, we've got a lovely home and I'm not shifting. The alternative is to move to a council house but I don't want to live in a council house."

Paul Allison, general manager at Aldbrough Leisure Park, said he could only give customers access to the park because of insurance and health and safety reasons, and he had offered to sell the council the dividing land.

A council spokesman said: "The council is continuing to investigate the feasibility of several alternative access options for affected residents of Campsite Road."

Brian and Edith Grantham at the end of the road that has fallen into the sea near their home at Aldbrough.picture: gerard binks