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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Josh Halliday North of England editor

Tinsel to tidewall: discarded Christmas trees reused to protect Lancashire coastline

Volunteers plant Christmas trees on the beach
Volunteers plant more than 2,000 Christmas trees on the beach at St Anne’s on the Fylde coast in Lancashire as part of the sand dunes project. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Britain’s fight against climate breakdown may usually look like windfarms or solar energy. But on miles of Lancashire coast the frontline is rather more festive.

Tens of thousands of discarded Christmas trees have been partially buried on beaches south of Blackpool as a frontier against rising sea levels.

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