management

• coastal management

  1. The graph shows erosion rates opposite to their specific locations.. You can see that there are higher rates of erosion directly south of these defences.
  2. This is due to the flow of beach material by longshore drift being stopped by protection methods such as groynes, sea walls and rock armour/rip rap.
  3. Hornsea may well be protected but places like Mappleton, directly south are starved of material are eroding at excessive rates, this is called terminal groynes syndrome.
• hornsea


  There is up to 3m of erosion per year because the cliffs are formed from weak boulder clayThe management protects tourist features such as arcades and hotels and creates a sandy beach.

  • Sea Wall
  • Wooden Groynes repaired and built at a cost of £5.2m
  • Groynes prevent material reaching popular seaside towns to the South.
  • Tourism leads to congestion in the summer, negatively impacting on locals.
  • The wall is an unattractive feature
• mappleton

  • There was £2.9 million of damage a year before the management was put in place.It produced a sandy beach and alos protects the town, a Grade 2 listed church and the B1242
  • strategies- rock armour costing £2 million
  • BUT- south of mappleton, rate of erosion increased signitificantly
• easington


  here is a Gas Terminal at Easington and 1/3 of all UK gas comes through this station.

  • strategies- rock armour £4.5 million
  • but- scheme protects gas terminal not village
  • It is preventing material reaching Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) further South such as sand dunes.