Coastal erosion accelerated by global warming could wipe out £600m worth of coastal homes in 21 communities in England by the end of this century, with Northumberland one of those affected.
The area most at risk in Northumberland is Chuck Bank, near Embleton Bay, south of Low-Newton-by-the-Sea and north of Craster. Across the 21 at-risk villages and hamlets, 2,218 properties are thought to be at risk with a combined value of around £584m.
Chuck Bank is one of the areas that could be lost assuming that current policies on whether to defend, retreat or abandon sections of the coastline are followed, according to climate action group One Home. The group used data from the Environment Agency's National Coastal Erosion Risk (NCERM) dataset at 5% confidence, indicating a less than 5% chance of the coast being eroded further in land than the estimate.
