The coastline is a fascinating landscape of two distinct geological halves, meeting at the dramatic headland of Flamborough Head. To the north, spectacular white chalk cliffs tower over the North Sea, providing a rugged backdrop to ancient smuggling coves.
Below Flamborough, the landscape gives way to soft boulder clay, deposited by retreating glaciers after the last ice age. This unique clay formation creates a fragile, ever changing environment with one of the fastest erosion rates in Europe, a powerful reminder of nature’s power as numerous historic villages have gradually been lost to the sea over the centuries.
