Holderness, East Yorkshire Case Study - Coast Erosion

Coast line is 61km long and the average rate of erosion is 1.8m per year.

Reasons for rapid erosion;

• Rock is boulder clay and this is easily eroded, it slumps when wet and cliffs then collapse. 
• The beaches are narrow and therefore give less protection.
• People at sea defences, like groynes, and these narrow the beaches further. 
• The prevailing…