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A fresh look at the Holderness coast

Coastal environments are constantly changing. This is very evident on Yorkshire’s Holderness coast. With waves from the northeast building up for over 600 km, the soft boulder clay cliffs of Holderness are being eroded at an average rate of 1.8 km per year. This article looks at how the coast is being managed

Figure 1 Map of sediment cell 2, showing the Holderness coast

The coast of England and Wales has been divided into 11 management sections called ‘sediment cells’. The Holderness coast falls within sediment cell 2 — Flamborough Head to The Wash (Figure 1). Within each cell there is a range of possible management strategies. These include:

No active intervention — no investment in new defences, nor maintenance or upgrade of existing defences.

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