Dozens of families on the east coast of England could be forced to abandon their homes as coastal erosion threatens to doom their properties to the sea. 
A recent report by climate group One Home estimated that coastal homes in England worth a total of _584million could be lost to cliff collapses by 2100. 
The report accounts for 2,218 homes across 21 coastal communities that have been brought closer to crumbling cliffs over the years.
Some homeowners expressed nervousness about having children stay overnight while others say they are too scared to cut the grass holding together the narrow stretches of turf along the cliff edges.
Grenadier Guard Lance Martin, 65, is among the householders in Hemsby, Norfolk who may be forced to move homes. 





A recent report by climate group One Home estimated that coastal homes worth _584million could fall into the sea by 2100 as a result of coastal erosion






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Half of Mr Martin's house has already been lost to the sea.

He paid a man with a tractor to drag what remained of his property another 10 metres from the cliff edge 






Coastal erosion on the Norfolk coast is putting more houses at risk.

Eleven homeowners on The Marrams street have already abandoned their properties 






The final property that remains on The Marrams road in Norfolk as all the other houses have been abandoned to the sea by their owners 






Cliff warnings are common in areas with significant coastal erosion as rock falls can be very dangerous if people are walking on the beach below 






In 2017 - when Mr Martin bought his _95,000 house - he was told by an environmental impact study that would have 30 to 40 years before the cliffs reached his house.

But just three months later, half of his house was lost to the water






Lance Martin's home is the only one on his street that remains, as all of his neighbours abandoned their properties to the sea 

He said: 'We can't stop global warming, we can't stop coastal erosion, but we can slow it down. We're trying to buy time so people like Lance don't have to worry.
'Every time a storm hits the residents are nervous that they may have to walk away from their house with nothing but a carrier bag.
'That's the mental health impact we're talking about.

These people deserve to get a good night's sleep - a rock berm will buy us 25 years. That's enough time for people to decide what they want to do with their house and with their lives.'
Thirteen miles up the coast is Happisburgh, Norfolk, a village that has also experienced the loss of more than an entire street and 34 homes in the last 20 years.





The coastal town on Happisburgh has lost more than an entire street and 34 homes in the last 20 years to the sea as cliffs collapse 









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Bryony Nierop-Reading, 77, lost her home to the sea during a huge tidal surge in 2013 in Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast






The roads leading to East Yorkshire's erosion hotspots are littered with signs advertising 'holiday homes' - many with price tags of _100,100 to _200,000






'When I first looked out of the window of our caravan I nearly cried.

It was the most beautiful view I had ever seen,' Ms Stoker said of her dream purchase

'When I first looked out of the window of our caravan I nearly cried. It was the most beautiful view I had ever seen.
'When I first bought the place I asked the seller "How long do you think we have got?" She said "20 years" - and I giggle about that now.'
Ms Stoker bought her caravan about four years ago.

She experienced the impacts of coastal erosion that same year. 
'There was a big cliff fall and about 3 metres went. There used to be a car park in front of us then,' she said.
'When you go out for a walk you see a crack in the ground.
The next time you pass by you see it has got deeper. The next time that section of the cliff has gone completely.
'The Government should do more because it is not just the caravans at risk - a load of agricultural land has been lost too.'





'There is always a bit of erosion going on somewhere.

I can see it crumbling as I walk along the cliff,' the former nursing home manager said

Robin Hargreaves, 67, also from Halifax, paid _10,000 for a static caravan and has lived on the site for nearly five years, having retired from running a nursing home.
He claims there is evidence of fresh erosion up the coast from his caravan.
'There is always a bit of erosion going on somewhere.

I can see it crumbling as I walk along the cliff,' Mr Hargreaves shared.
'We are talking about a 40 mile length of the coastline. I think the policy to protect the towns is sensible because you cannot do much about the force of nature.





Ms Stoker and Mr Hargreaves live little over 100 yards beyond the Hornsea sea defences, meaning their caravans do not benefit from the concrete blocks and groynes






There are sea defences on the beach, including groynes and concrete blocks to stop the waves reaching the cliff, in order to slow down the erosion 






John Hughes said of the cliff: 'I never cut the grass - because the grass is helping hold the soil together and preventing it slipping off'

John Hughes, 71, a retired fibre optic planner, is only six feet from the brink - and is taking no chances with the _37,000 static home he bought seven years ago with wife Carole, 71, a former secretary at Portsmouth University.
He said: 'I never cut the grass - because the grass is helping hold the soil together and preventing it slipping off.
'Everything in front of us has gone.

If the worst comes to the worst the site will move the caravan further back but we hope it doesn't come to that.'
The couple live on the stable part of the cliff above the sea defences. 
'But if the erosion continues further up, where we are is going to become a peninsula,' Mrs Hughes added.





Carole Hughes stands just feet away from a severe drop in her static holiday home in East Yorkshire.

Residents are concerned about increasing erosion 






Houses in danger of falling into the sea on North End Avenue, in Thorpeness overlook the beach, as erosion continues to worsen






Part of Ms Ansbro garden has now fallen away and her house now lies only 20 metres from the edge. At the time she purchased the _600k four bedroom property, she was told it would be upwards of 50 years before it became a problem 

Villagers in Thorpeness, East Suffolk, are 'scared for the future' of their homes, as they see properties decimated by cliff erosion. 
Lucy Ansbro, 54, claims her house is now 12 metres closer to the cliff edge than it was when she first moved in 14 years ago.
Part of her garden has now fallen away and her house now lies only 20 metres from the edge.
At the time she purchased the _600k four bedroom property, she was told it would be upwards of 50 years before the erosion would be as bad as it is currently.
She now says the property would be worth 'nothing'.
The TV and theatre producer said: 'Where it is now was supposed to happen in 50 years, not 14.

It's just all happened very quickly.
'It's always been an issue on the east coast, there was a surge in 2010, but in the winter of 2019 we noticed the fences were eroding very quickly.
'By February 2020, it a lot more erosion had happened and the house next doors defences had disappeared.
'On Easter weekend of 2020 as we were sitting in the living room, we literally saw bits of our garden falling off of the cliff.
'Since moving in, we're 12 metres closer to the cliff, almost a metre a year, and EvdEn EVE nakliYAT the house next door lost about 25 metres.





Signs warn beach goers of the potential of rock falls from the unstable cliffs, which can be fatal.

The footpath along the beach is also closed 






Houses for sale in Thorpeness as coastal erosion threatens sea-side properties along the east coast of England.

Some residents said their houses are 'worth nothing' as they are not properly protected






Ben Brown, 52, whose home is a mere 70 metres from the cliff, said: 'We knew about the issue and we had a survey done before we bought it to let us know how long we had before there would be trouble'






Signs warn of the impacts of coastal erosion. Footpaths across the cliffs are closed over safety concerns and people have been warned not to stand under crumbling cliffs





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Houses perilously close to the shoreline as the sea creeps closer and closer to their foundations.

Lucy Ansbro has been fundraising for more defences 

Although the farmer was aware of the coastal erosion problem on the coast when they bought the property two years ago, he was told by surveyors that it wouldn't be a serious issue for another 60 years.
The 52-year-old, whose home is a mere 70 metres from the cliff, said: 'We knew about the issue and we had a survey done before we bought it to let us know how long we had before there would be trouble.
'Things have accelerated so fast since then, EVDeN eve NakLiYAT and although the survey said it would be 60 years, I think it will be a lot sooner if nothing is done.
'We live over the track so we're not quite at the forefront yet but the house opposite unfortunately had to be taken down.
'It's definitely a worry because we've invested a lot of money here and we expected to have it a lot longer - it's awful and we're scared for the future. 
'But I think there's a plan being put together now and the intention is to get the cliff protected.'