Case Study - Hunstanton Coast

Question 1

Hunstanton Coast - location

Answer 1

NW coast of Norfolk

Question 2

Hunstanton Coast - background

Answer 2

• popular tourist sea resort
• damage from a storm surge in 2013
• Sea Life centre flooded and closed for several months

Question 3

Hunstanton Coast - main geomorphic processes

Answer 3

• sand dunes
• three different bands of rock
• cliff retreat
• LSD

Question 4

Hunstanton Coast - dune formation & development

Answer 4

• sand gets trapped behind objects on the beach
• builds up over object
• eventually, marram grass grows, beginning the nutrient cycle
• dunes mature, becoming bigger and more vegetated

Question 5

Hunstanton Coast - different bands of rock

Answer 5

• sandstone
• red chalk
• white chalk

Question 6

Hunstanton Coast - cliff retreat

Answer 6

• wave-cut notch develops
• cliff face becomes unstable and collapses
• new cliff face further back

Question 7

Hunstanton Coast - LSD

Answer 7

• travels from Sheringham in the north to the Wash in the south

Question 8

Hunstanton Coast - examples of management

Answer 8

• groynes
• sea walls
• beach nourishment

Question 9

Hunstanton Coast - groynes

Answer 9

Sand trapped by groynes builds up the beach for better protection

Question 10

Hunstanton Coast - sea walls

Answer 10

Prevent flooding and deflect the sea’s energy

Question 11

Hunstanton Coast - beach nourishment

Answer 11

$15 million spent to add sediment to the beach for increased flooding protection