Heritage Coast
Flamborough Headland is the most northerly outcrop of coastal chalk in the British Isles. It was designated a Heritage Coast in 1979. And because of its importance, the unique sea and cliff enviroment is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
It is to the east of Sewerby Steps that the cliff turns from clay to chalk topped by clay. The chalk section is the old cliff line which ran inland to Driffield and south to Hessle - the Yorkshire Wolds. In the last Ice Age, glaciers swept over Holderness depositing debris along and on top of the former chalk coastline.
It is to the east of Sewerby Steps that the cliff turns from clay to chalk topped by clay. The chalk section is the old cliff line which ran inland to Driffield and south to Hessle - the Yorkshire Wolds. In the last Ice Age, glaciers swept over Holderness depositing debris along and on top of the former chalk coastline.
