Rising sea levels will have a major impact on the South East’s coastline over the decades to come. It could result in the map of the region being completely redrawn. Even those miles from the sea could end up living under water.

Two thousand years ago this part of the South East was submerged, but over the centuries it has slowly been reclaimed for farming.

Now, that process is being reversed - the sea is trying to reclaim this land back - and the Government isn’t sure if it wants to pour billions of pounds into defending it.

Last night’s  BBC 1  ‘Inside Out’ documentary  featured our region. View the entire article  and maps on :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/content/articles/2008/08/21/south_east_coastcrisis_s14_1_feature.shtml

To view the broadcast in iplayer go to; -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dlphz