Holderness

• 60km of coastline
• fastest eroding coastline in Europe
• 1.8metres of coastline lost per annum
• Cost benefit analysis - more value receive defences
• Large rock groyne at mappleton - £2m - expands beach
• Bridlington - 4.5km sea wall in place
• Groynes affect longshore drift further down the cosstlin e
• House prices have dropped massively
• Insurance premiums have increases
• Major gas companies there because of north sea
• British gas terminal - accoints for 25% of british gas