Iconic British golf club with over 120 years of history under threat of destruction by sea

Britain s most easterly golf course faces the prospect of losing part of its layout to the North Sea, prompting plans to shift two holes away from the eroding clifftop. Gorleston Golf Club in Norfolk sits along one of the fastest eroding stretches of coastline anywhere in Europe. The 18 hole course, positioned between the town and the village of Hopton, now risks having holes four and five claimed by the sea imminently. Planning officers at Great Yarmouth Borough Council have recommended

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Iconic British golf club with over 120 years of history under threat of destruction by sea

Britain s most easterly golf course faces the prospect of losing part of its layout to the North Sea, prompting plans to shift two holes away from the eroding clifftop. Gorleston Golf Club in Norfolk sits along one of the fastest eroding stretches of coastline anywhere in Europe. The 18 hole course, positioned between the town and the village of Hopton, now risks having holes four and five claimed by the sea imminently. Planning officers at Great Yarmouth Borough Council have recommended

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