Birling Gap, East Sussex, Feb scenes along the South coast as erosion continues. Access to Birling Gap beach is no longer possible. End cottage,no 3, just 1 meter from the cliff edge is soon to be demolished. The family who owned it as a holiday home had hoped for another 5 years use but the recent storms have caused erosion at least 3 times the annual expected rate. David Burr/Alamy Live News.
Birling Gap cottages were built in 1863. The recent spate of storms, high tides, torrential rain and winds from the South has caused three times the normal amount of erosion such that the cliff edge is now just one meter from the end cottage, no 3 pictured, which has been vacated as a holiday home and is soon to be demolished following the fate of two previous cottages over the years in the same Council annual erosion surveys at the site have been carried out each August since the 1930's, the previous record being 16 feet in one year in the 30's. Written 24 Feb 2014. David Burr/ Alamy News
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Location: Birling Gap, East Sussex, UK
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