Thorpeness

A large gap now remains as a poignant reminder of the trauma the community has been through as it battled to preserve the village.

villages are optimistic about the future albeit with some trepidation about what the autumn and winter months will bring as the storm season arrives hugo butterworth who lives in old holmes road said the threat of further erosion hung like a dark cloud over the village i don't think anyone is in any doubt that another storm and we could be back to square one there are a lot of concerns about this winter we might not have it but all the signs are that it is going to be another difficult winter he said it's a popular place it compliments aldeburgh Aldeburgh would not be Aldeburgh without Thorpeness and vice versa.

The fall in house prices due to the threat of erosion had also made it difficult for residents to move away.

There is this dark cloud, but if you wanted to move you would find it difficult to do because no one's really able to sell, added Mr Butterworth.