Dalham Farm
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Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TQ778753 | — | Unfavourable No Change | 8.78 | 2024-03-22 |
Climate exposure
This is about exposure to a nationwide pressure this habitat type carries — not a verdict on this site's own management.
Coastal habitats are exposed to sea-level rise and storm erosion. Where hard sea defences sit behind them, there's nowhere landward to retreat to — a squeeze that keeps compressing the habitat no matter how well it's managed.
Geology & landscape
Landscape processes: Coastal
Description
Area, 9 ha. 22.2 ac. Description Dalham Farm is one of very few undisturbed areas which show mass movement phenomena on low angled, inland slopes of London Clay. It shows failure by successive rotational land slipping on a slope of about 8º, the effects of which are visible as a series of ridges and small scarps crossing the slope. Dalham Farm illustrates what is possibly the lowest angled slope failure in great Britain and is important in demonstrating slope degradation in the absence of coastal erosion and removal of material from the base.