Coastal Erosion

Aldbrough, East Yorkshire


Photographs taken by Brian Williams
on 14th February 2011

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 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (1) Just as elsewhere along the Holderness coast, the ice-age clays continually break and slump into the sea.



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (2) Eroded road.



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (3) The process creeps towards the entrance to a caravan site...



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (4) ...towards the pitches.



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (5) Caravans are moved away from the edge, leaving concrete bases...



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (6) ..which will eventually succumb.



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (7) A chalet along the disappearing road is prepared for demolition.



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (8) The Aldbrough cliffs community is being rolled back.



 Aldbrough, East Yorkshire (9)


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British Geological Survey (includes video)

more on erosion of the East Yorkshire coast:
guide to causes and processes
erosion map
Skipsea
Ulrome
the fort that’s falling into the sea