Coasts Case Study: Happisburgh

Question 1

Where is Happisburgh located?

Answer 1

Norfolk coast, eastern england

Question 2

How far away from the coast was it, when it was founded in the 1600s?

Answer 2

Over 250m away

Question 3

10% of jobs in Happisburgh are in what industry?

Answer 3

Tourism

Question 4

What are 3 opportunities of Happisburgh?

Answer 4

• beauty and relaxing lifestyle
• the erosion is revealing lots of historic sites- such as the oldest footprints outside of Africa
• fishing for herring, a popular local activity

Question 5

What is the geology of the cliffs?

Answer 5

They are made of very soft rock (glacial till, clay, and sand) - this material erodes rapidly

Question 6

A wooden revetment once stretched from Happisburgh to the Cart Gap sea wall, what happened to it and when?

Answer 6

In 1990 a storm destroyed 300 meters of it.

Question 7

What road in Happisburgh is being rapidly eroded?

Answer 7

Beach road.

Question 8

What was placed at the foot of the cliffs in 2002 as a short term response ?

Answer 8

4,000 tonnes of rock armour

Question 9

When was the extra 1,000 tonnes of rock armour added?

Answer 9

2007

Question 10

The local council and donations paid for what to happen in 2015?

Answer 10

They paid for 9,000 tonnes of rock armour to be realigned along the base of the cliff