Cliff Hanger

When a country is surrounded by water, it never comes with much surprise to find out that it has erosion problems at the coast. For Great Britain in particular, coastal erosion is a commonplace nuisance, though it is comparatively worse in the winter than during the rest of the year due to harsh offshore winds. Bluffs, dunes and beaches that are constantly changing always pose a threat to businesses and villages that dot the shores of the country.

Coastal erosion can happen for a variety of reasons, including wind, urbanization, overwatering lawns, rainstorms, and climate change. Sometimes, high winds can propel waves across the ocean in sets of different sizes and strengths. When these waves hit the coast in places like Dorset, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire, (Skynews) According to The British Geographer, when high waves recede, they can make large platforms called wave cut platforms.

Between 1600 and 1850, 250 meters (about 820 ft)
of land was recorded to be eroded at the Happisburgh coast
[Source: BGS]

An excellent example of coastal erosion is the town of Happisburgh in Norfolk, UK. While Happisburgh used to be an inland then, it now sits very close to the water's edge due to severe storms in the winter. According to the British Geological Survey, the cliffs of Hapsburg are made up of stratified silt, sand and clay, which slide down when pummeled by waves. To combat erosion in the UK, the British Government £2.3 billion in projects to prevent coastal erosion, (Gov.UK) though it was never specified how much money would be devoted to these preventative projects individually, or where the projects would be concentrated.