OT Orfordeness Lighthouse

[ARW]

To be demolished.

That was on my list of places to visit.

[Chris Green]

Since when has Orford Ness been in Cambridgeshire?

[Brian Reay]

It is, or was, a fantastic walk from Aldeburgh (assuming the sea hasn?t encroached on it). There is a Martello tower part way, that is probably vulnerable also.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Every time I visit a certain spot near there, there is 5 meter less of the cliff than there was before.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

Unfortunately, I don't see there has ever been any way out of this one. The shoreline continuously moves at such sites. I'm just surprised that when they first built it they did not in fact build it a bit further inland. They say dismantled, I notice, does this imply a lot of it is going to be preserved somewhere else?Brian

[polygonum_on_google]

Has anyone offered you money to stay away?

[Andy Bennet]

Define near and cliff. None of the Suffolk coastline has anything like what I would define as a "Cliff". If you mean the North Norfolk coast that's f****ng miles away.

[Michael Chare]

Stay at the Belle Tout Lighthouse instead:

It was moved 17m from the cliff edge in 1999.

[Tim Lamb]

Some of it hit the BBC news yesterday:-) (Easton Bavents) Eroding sand

*cliff*. Been going on long before I married a local girl. Makes for a nice sandy beach.

[Robin]

There are a lot of places in Suffolk which are (and long have been) called cliffs. And I work on the basis that if walking over the edge is likely to result in death or serious it's high enough to be called a cliff. Anything else - eg "trip hazard" - seems disrespectful ;)

[The Natural Philosopher]

Très drôle....

[The Natural Philosopher]

*shrug* its high enough that falling off it would kill you.

I mena suffolk dolt.

[David]

Finally visited Orfordness on impulse in late 2019. Fantastic place all round and highly recommended.

When we visited everything to seaward of the lighthouse had gone or was going, including what looked like a brick cess pit. That would include the engineers' bunkhouse in the article. Reportedly there used to be a leading mark to help ships find the channel but that kept being swept away due to erosion and now there is nowhere left to put it. The lighthouse wasn't open to visitors at that time.

Privately owned as well. Sadly, no obvious proposal to deconstruct then reconstruct further inland, which would be expensive.

Glad we saw it while we still could.

Cheers

Dave R

[Andrew]

In 17xx whenever, it probably was 'miles' away from the sea :-)

The > Unfortunately, I don't see there has ever been any way out of this one. The