The town is very small, containing just a fishing village, a small market and a number of adjacent beaches.
This ultimately results in erosion of the adjacent beach or failure of the structure.
One village in particular, Happisburgh, had a reputation for the number of drowned bodies found on its adjacent beaches.
Nevertheless, they attracted tens of thousands of people to parade with them, dancing along the road and the adjacent beach.
The adjacent sandy beach to the east, and the divers, came with it.
The adjacent beach is a 3.5-mile stretch of pure white sand open to the public throughout the year.
The building provided family accommodation and a store for the fishing and fish curing activities that took place on the adjacent beach.
Loggerhead nests are the most common type found on this and adjacent beaches.
Three landed on the adjacent beach where a teenage boy was killed and others were wounded.
There are a heated outdoor pool, a clubhouse and an adjacent beach.