Rows of houses, a cafe, dance hall, bus station and pub have all fallen into the sea to date along the Holderness coastline, in East Yorkshire.
Large parts are undefended from Europe’s fastest eroding coastline because of the “do nothing” Humber Estuary shoreline management plan.
Artist Adele Howitt had to pay to demolish her own home because erosion left it hanging off a cliff in Aldbrough.
References: The Times 20/01/06 page 29