Geography Coasts Case Study Holderness - Coastal Management

Holderness Coastline - Coastal Management

Hard engineering has been used on the coastline: 

11.4km of Holderness is protected from erosion. 

Bridlington is protected from erosion and flooding by 4.7km long sea wall as well as wooden groynes. 

Hornsea is protected by a sea wall, wooden groynes and rock armour.

Withernsea is protected by groynes, sea wall,Groynes are used to create wider beaches. Also some rock armour was placed in front of the sea wall after it was damaged in severe storms in 1992. 

Mappleton has 2 rock groynes (built in 1991). They costed £2 million and were built to protect the village and a coastal road from erosion and flooding. 

Eastern side of Spurn…