Flamborough Head to Gibraltar Point Shoreline Management Plan – A Consensus-Based Approach

Introduction

The Flamborough Head to Gibraltar Point Shoreline Management Plan covers the highly

dynamic and varied coastline between Flamborough Head in the East Riding of Yorkshire and

Gibraltar Point in Lincolnshire, including the outer Humber Estuary. The extent of the project

area is shown in Figure 1. This project was funded by Defra and the Environment Agency

and is part of a national framework of Shoreline Management Plans which covers the 6,000

kilometres of coastline in England and Wales. Shoreline Management Plans provide a largescale

assessment of the risks associated with coastal flooding and erosion and present a longterm

policy framework to reduce these risks to people and the developed, historic and natural