EXCLUSIVEClifftop residents say theyre just crossing our fingers and hoping in their precariously-balanced cottages after massive rockfall nearby just days ago
Locals living in homes precariously balanced on eroding cliffs say they are just crossing our fingers and hoping.
Locals living in homes precariously balanced on eroding cliffs say they are just crossing our fingers and hoping.
Photos this week show several beautiful thatched cottages - once owned by novelist R. F. Delderfield - appearing to be on the brink of disaster following a series of rockfalls in recent years.
A few hundred yards further along the coast, thousands of tons of debris plummeted to the ground near Jacobs Ladder just last weekend.
The popular South West coastal path has since been closed for safety reasons and East Devon Council warned people to stay away from the unstable cliffs.
But residents say erosion along that stretch of the Jurassic Coast has worsened in the last decade, leaving many more houses in a precarious position.
Locals living in homes precariously balanced on eroding cliffs say they are just crossing our fingers and hoping
Thousands of tons of debris plummeted to the ground near Jacobs Ladder last weekend, just a few hundred yards further along the coast from several beautiful thatched cottages
A nearby resident told MailOnline: Were all just crossing our fingers and hoping it will settle.
As a result of climate change the coastal erosion has been getting much worse over the last 10 years.
Who knows what will happen to the houses, were not the only ones suffering with coastal erosion, its happening all over the country.
There is nothing the council or anybody can do, what would you expect them to do? the whole of the coast is eroding.
The owners of the home declined to comment.
Delderfield - best known for A Horseman Riding By - lived in the white conical roofed home in Sidmouth, Devon, from 1926 until shortly before his death in 1972.
Rocks were sent flying after a huge cliff collapsed just metres away on the beach last weekend, prompting an urgent warning from safety bosses.
The large cliff fall came as rocks and mud were dispersed across the beach from the cliffs near Jacobs Ladder in Sidmouth, Devon, after recent heavy rainfall.
East Devon Council issued an alert cautioning people to stay away from the cliffs, adding there is a continuing danger of falling rocks as they remain unstable.
Beer coastguard team investigated the fall at Peak Hill on the weekend and closed the south west coastal path.
The white, conical roofed property is now just 40ft from the sheer drop at the eroding Sidmouth cliffs in Devon, along the Jurassic coast
The popular South West coastal path has since been closed for safety reasons and East Devon Council warned people to stay away from the unstable cliffs
The post from East Devon District Council added: Following a cliff fall at Jacobs Ladder Beach in Sidmouth, wed like to remind visitors to keep their distance from cliffs along the East Devon coastline.
Cliff falls are a natural and unpredictable occurrence along the East Devon coast.
This is because the rock from which the cliffs are formed is soft, and therefore prone to rock falls, and landslides, which can happen at any time.
The danger follows a previous incident in the seaside town of Bournemouth, Dorset with a video shared online showing the moment a man came inches away from being wiped out by a landslide from a nearby cliff off the path at Durley Chine.
Terrifying footage shows the huge chunk of dirt and a tree giving away and slipping from the cliff before a two rows of beach huts are swept.
Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole council confirmed the landslide had happened due to recent heavy rainfall.
