Cuckmere Haven SOS:
Save our shore!
Campaign:
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The next storm could see this world-famous haven lost forever. We need to act now.
We need your help
Cuckmere Haven and the Coastguard Cottages are running out of time. Nestled on the unforgiving English Channel, this world-famous haven has endured years of severe storms, resulting in serious destruction and erosion of the original coastal defences built in 1947. Over one third of the land area below the cottages has been swept away. The next storm could see this iconic view lost forever.
Cuckmere Haven SOS is a registered charity that has been set up to accept donations to pay for a long-lasting defence solution. There is an ambitious target of £250,000 that will pay for phase 1 of the urgent work needed to safeguard the cottages and the west beach for another generation. The cottage owners, volunteers and friends continue to fund work to renew and repair the original sea defences but this is no longer enough. Your haven needs you.
The original concrete seawall was built in 1947 with war reparation money given to the cottagers. Without the work of the the cottage owners, volunteers and friends to renew and repair these defences, the Cottages and Cable Hut would not still be here.
The planned work will be carried out by expert marine engineers using new technologies to prevent further erosion of this coastline and protect it for decades to come.
For the future generation
Cuckmere Haven and the Coastguard Cottages and Cable Hut have been part of people’s lives for more than a century. People have delighted in this magnificent view – considered to be one of the finest views in England – for many years. If we don’t take action, the next generation will never get to experience this. We must act now to protect this view for the artists, nature-lovers and explorers of the future. The Campaign has the support of academics, educators, local councils and agencies.
“It would be catastrophic to simply
allow this coastline to be lost.”
For the world
For a tiny bay on the Sussex coastline, Cuckmere Haven enjoys something of a global superstar status. It has been the location for numerous major motion films, TV shows and commercials, including Atonement, Harry Potter and BBC drama Luther. Every year, over 400,000 people from across the globe arrive to see for themselves the white cliffs and picturesque Cuckmere Coastguard Cottages they recognise from film, TV and guidebooks.
Idris Elba in Luther at Cuckmere Haven.
On the BBC
Watch the video below with our Chairman Charles Anson explaining the campaign.