Severe coastal erosion, Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK. Photo source: ©© Martin
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Built-up areas have increased by more than 40% along Britain’s coast over five decades, but conservationists have saved almost all seaside landscapes identified as “pristine” 50 years ago, a survey has found…
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Growing Climate Change Threat to Britain’s Historic Coastline, The Telegraph UK (06-12-2015)
Hundreds of miles of British coastline – so long the symbol of this nation’s island story – are collapsing through worsening erosion. A report by the National Trust (NT) later this year is expected to warn that more action will be needed to protect threatened sites…
“Coastlines: The Story of Our Shores” a book by Patrick Barkham, Guardian UK (11-08-2015)
It is often said that Britain is a maritime nation but, writes Patrick Barkham in his new biography of the British shore, we might be more accurately described as “a coastal nation, happiest when looking seaward”. Examining our enduring love of the seaside “Coastlines” addresses themes of childhood, passion, war, industrialism, art and faith, and the ways in which each has coloured perceptions of the shore…
