Shocking drone photographs taken today show a three-bedroom house hanging dangerously over the edge of a cliff on the north Norfolk coast after a spate of recent cliff falls.
The former Cliff Farm in Trimingham, which dates back to the 18th century, can be seen hanging over the cliffs after a major landslide last week and will now be demolished before it falls to the beach.
The owner who bought the property just five years ago at auction for £132,000 has been forced to evacuate his home and North Norfolk District Council has confirmed it will soon demolish the property.
Incredible before and after photographs from October 2023 to today show how much closer the house is to the edge of the cliff.
Recent heavy rain has increased erosion on Trimingham’s gentle cliffs and there have been frequent landslides in recent months.
Four years ago, in January 2020, much of the cliff eroded near Trimingham House Caravan Park, with tonnes of sand and silt falling onto the beach.
Trimingham Parish Council plans to use drones to plant seeds along the cliffs in a bid to link them together naturally and slow the rate of erosion threatening the village. They have also tried using pipes to drain water from the cliffs.
Shocking photographs taken today show a three-bedroom house hanging dangerously over the edge of a cliff on the north Norfolk coast after a spate of recent cliff falls.
Before and after photos show the house today and in October 2023.
The former Cliff Farm in Trimingham, which dates back to the 18th century, can be seen hanging over the cliffs after a major landslide last week and will now be demolished before it falls to the beach.
The owner who bought the property just five years ago at auction for £132,000 has been forced to evacuate his home.
Cliff Farm and a second property are now visible from the beach, where debris, including tyres, fell after a chunk of the cliff broke away.
Erosion has become a very common sight on the Norfolk coast and a number of houses in Hemsby have also been lost in recent years.
Concerns about a possible cliff collapse at Trimingham had led the Ministry of Defense to move the distinctive “golf ball” radar station inland to Neatishead last year.
A replacement facility was built eight miles offshore at RAF Neatishead, near Hoveton, the site of a major former radar base.
North Norfolk District Council said it has been in contact with the owners of both properties in Trimingham since the cliff fall last week.
Trimingham residents are not the only ones concerned about the effects of coastal erosion on the Norfolk coast.
In March last year, terrified residents of Hembsy were forced to pack up their belongings and possibly abandon their cliff-edge homes for good amid fears their homes could sink into the sea during an overnight storm.
The town, which is home to around 3,000 people, has suffered serious coastal erosion in recent years and many properties have been abandoned as the cliffs continue to disappear.
Former soldier Lance Martin, a resident of the village, had to drag his house off the edge of a cliff twice to prevent it from falling into the sea before admitting defeat last November.
The former grenadier guard first used a tractor to move his house away from the edge of the cliff in March, before repeating the act again in August, moving his one-bedroom home another 40 meters towards the ground as several of the houses in its neighbors were demolished.
North Norfolk District Council has confirmed it will soon demolish the property.
Incredible footage shows house teetering on cliff edge in Norfolk
From above you can see the end of the house peeking over the edge of the enormous cliff.
This image from October 2023 shows how much further back the property was.
Footage shows how the two coastal homes have been left in a precarious position after cliffs slipped at Trimingham in Norfolk.
The properties are now visible from the beach where debris, including tires, fell after a chunk of the cliff broke away.
North Norfolk District Council said it has been in contact with the owners of both properties in Trimingham since the cliff fall last week.
Lance Martin, 65, made headlines in March when he used a tractor to push his house away from the cliff in Hemsby, Norfolk.
Now their house is at risk of falling over the edge of the cliff and back into the sea, again due to further erosion.
But their house was at risk of falling over the edge of the cliff and back into the sea due to further erosion in November, causing it to Martin said he was “just accepting” what had happened at his house and was trying to “keep a smile on his face.”
He said: ‘The overwhelming feeling among residents is one of despair. I keep a smile on my face.
‘I haven’t broken down yet. I’m moving on: there’s no one to blame, you just have to accept it and move on.’
In October, locals said they had been abandoned by the government after it scrapped a defense plan, even though a landslide left a house on the edge of a cliff.
Despite the shocking images, the Government said a planned maritime defense project did not qualify for funding to get underway.
Local authorities claimed inflation had raised the cost of the project from £15m to £20m, eventually leading to the offer of financial support being withdrawn. Then they warned that the collapse of the homes was inevitable.
A report by climate group One Home estimated that coastal homes in England worth a total of £584 million could be lost to cliff collapses by 2100.