Trialling ‘Nature Based Solutions’
At a time of increasing flood and erosion risks from climate change, and when traditional coastal protection options like concrete sea walls and rock armour are becoming increasingly unaffordable and unsustainable for many coastal areas around the UK, there is a pressing need to explore alternative options to manage coastal change.
The Sunderland Point community have been involved in a project since April 2025 to test and trial alternative options like ‘Nature Based Solutions’, which aim to work with natural processes to manage local coastal challenges.Â
Community engagement
To support community involvement and help progress the project, residents are working with Morecambe Bay Partnership, who are also involved in six other Our Future Coast sites in Lancashire and Cumbria. Ultimately, the project at Sunderland Point places people at the heart of Our Future Coast by designing Nature Based Solutions with the community.
