Does dredging have an impact on coastal erosion?

14th June, 2018. 12:53

GREAT Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis has objected to an aggregate firm’s bid to continue dredging off the Winterton coast because of fears that it could be affecting coastal erosion in the area.

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School threatened with closure

14th July, 2018. 12:40

WINTERTON School has to find an academy partner if it is to be saved from closure. Facing a hall packed with parents, former governors, staff and other villagers, the chairman of the interim executive …

Still defending Winterton 7 decades on

11th March, 2018. 15:40

WHO would have thought that when Privates Wells and Russell gouged their names into the surface of a huge concrete anti-tank block on Winterton Dunes their handiwork would be considered important by …

Beast gives beach another battering

6th March, 2018. 21:26

CONTRARY to media reports, Winterton beach has not been washed away.

It has had another hammering, thanks to the Beast from the East, but we do still have a large expanse of sand, as our picture, taken today, shows …

Beach erosion after high tides

20th Jan, 2018. 23:04

THE beach at Winterton has taken a battering in recent days with huge waves eating away at the sand in front of the cafe and car park. So far the dune bank has held up with the help of Second World …

Christmas car chaos

11th Jan, 2018. 05:17

NEW restrictions banning drivers from parking on the double yellow lines in Beach Road between 8am and 7pm all year round could be in place by next winter.

At a packed meeting on January 10 parish …

Save our seals

14th Jan, 2018. 04:03

THIS winter has been a record for the grey seal colony at Horsey with more than 1,800 pups being born. But the spread of seals down the coast to Winterton has also brought its fair share of problems.

All washed up

10th Aug, 2017. 02:27

THE seals at Horsey have found themselves sharing their beautiful beach home with a couple of huge plastic pipes that washed ashore after a container ship collided with them while they were being towed …

African huts hide tasty secret

8th June, 2017. 02:25

FIRST time visitors to Winterton may be surprised to see colourful African round houses on the skyline overlooking the dunes. Built decades ago after a previous owner returned from a visit to Hermanus …

New cap for Horsey Windpump

16th May, 2017. 02:19

FOR many decades Horsey Windpump has been a highly prominent visual link with the history of the Norfolk Broads.

It’s withstood floods, fierce storms, wars and a lightning strike that finally put …

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