Councils create coastal management schemes ... such as groynes, sea walls or rock armour, to protect the coastal area. A soft engineering approach works with natural processes.

Hornsea is protected by a sea wall, groynes and rock armour. Coastal management at Withernsea has tried to make the beach wider by using groynes, and also uses a seawall to protect the coast.

The North Norfolk District Council has spent £25 million to improve sea defences and reduce the impact of coastal erosion ... In Cromer, 38,000 tonnes of rock armour has been placed along ...