Holderness Coast

Question 1

Key info?

Answer 1

North-East England
bounded by chalk headland
North= Flamborough Head
South= Spurn Point
3 miles lost since Roman times (23 villages)

Question 2

SMP

Answer 2

aims to protect Hornsea, Bridlington and Withernsea
-coastal roads, strategic gas pipelines and gas processing facility

Question 3

Issues at Flamborough head (3)

Answer 3

Rock falls
Tourist cliff accidents
Ships hitting rocks

Question 4

Issues at Bridlington Bay (4)

Answer 4

rapid cliff erosion
loss of farmland
disruption to transport
decisions about coastal protection

Question 5

Spurn Point

Answer 5

Spit, nature reserve, migration route, lifeboat station

Dredging humber channel, impact of sea level rise

Protects deep water channel into Humber Estuary- 20% Uk shipping imports

Question 6

Why is No Active Intervention controversial?

Answer 6

Fastest eroding coastline
Implications for farmers, caravan site owners and rural coastal settlemts

Question 7

Geology

Answer 7

Cretaceous chalk
Covered by glacial till deposited 18k years ago- boulder clay

Question 8

Hard engineering at Withernsea

Answer 8

seaside resort
concrete sea walls (£6m)
rock armour
replacement of groins in 2017

Question 9

Hard engineering at Hornsea

Answer 9

Yorkshires largest natural lake- recreational
High pop density

Groynes- sandy beach= tourism to holiday park

Question 10

Coastal management at Appleton

Answer 10

cheaper to protect main road (B1242) than construct new route

£92m spent on two rock groynes and revetment

cliffs reprofiled to form gentle slopes, protecting cliffs

50 properties protected, construction of carpark= tourism

Groynes led to trapped sediment= erosion south

Landowners at Cowden (1km south)- lost farms