alteredcoast

Observations of coastal erosion and sea on East Anglian Coast

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Altered Coast is a documentation through images and words of coastal erosion on the coast of East Anglia. Locations, sediment, weather systems, communities, tides and surges as actors in a constantly changing, increasingly fragile evolution. As restless and powerful as the sea itself.

Category: Hemsby

  • Scarps

    Coastal Erosion features known as Scarps, are defined as almost vertical sea-facing walls, cut into sandy beaches or cliffs. Examples of Scarps have been seen recently at Hemsby Gap, where a 10 ft drop was cut into the beach and at Crantock Beach in Cornwall, where a 20 ft drop has been cut into the…