Overview
- The former Royal Observer Corps post, built in 1959 and closed in 1991, collapsed likely on Friday after prolonged cliff erosion.
- Images and video show the structure lying at the base of the cliff and largely intact after the fall.
- Local videographers Davey Robinson and Tracy Charlton documented the decline in widely viewed “bunker watch” clips.
- The Environment Agency identifies the Holderness coast as one of the UK’s fastest-eroding shorelines at roughly 6.5 feet per year.
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council has warned people to avoid the unstable area and says the site falls under Shoreline Management Plan Policy Unit E with no active intervention, on land returned to the owner after MoD disposal and with the rural beach managed by the Crown Estate.