Find out more about the works we complete on an annual basis along the Hunstanton coastline
2025 to 2026 financial year
So far, this financial year we have already completed and commissioned a range of routine repair works to the Hunstanton sea defences. This includes:
- Beach access step handrail replacement
- Routine maintenance and repairs completed to the concrete sea defences
- Health and safety works to the timber groynes
- Extension of metal beach access steps and handrail
- Routine maintenance of floodgates
Total cost of routine and repair works for the 2025-26 financial year, as of October 2025 is £147,974.85. You can view the full breakdown of how this was spent, alongside photograph examples of works undertaken below:
Upcoming repairs
Each year we complete a visual inspection of the coastal defences in Hunstanton. This years inspection was completed in March 2025 and identified some defects which we would monitor as they may require repair at a later date. A further inspection completed this summer has identified 33 defects being monitored now require a patch repair before the winter storm season begins. This includes:
- Concrete patch repairs to the promenade, seawall and slipways
- Replacement of promenade joint sealant
- Reinstatement of mortar joints on the blockwork seawall
- Re-casting beach access steps
These repairs will be undertaken by Southbay Civil Engineering who have previously undertaken successful repair packages to the Hunstanton coastal defences in 2023 and 2024. This repair package will cost £49,695.74 and will be fully funded by the Borough Council.
Repair works will take around 2 weeks to complete and are due to commencing on Monday 13 October 2025 and completing on Sunday 26 October 2026.
To find out more about this repair package, a series of FAQ’s have been produced which can be viewed on our Hunstanton repairs 2025 FAQ document.
2024 to 2025 financial year
During the 2024-25 financial year we undertook a range of routine repair works to the Hunstanton sea defences. This included:
- Routine concrete repairs to the promenade, seawall and slipways.
- Replacement of joint sealant on the wave-return wall.
- Extensions of a handrailing on a slipway.
- Replacement of a handrailing on the promenade.
- Extension of beach access steps.
- Health and safety works to timber groynes and concrete groynes.
- Repairs to navigation markers.
- Removal of redundant cliff top fence posts.
The total cost of routine repair works for the 2024-25 financial year was £183,076.68.
You can view the full breakdown of how this was spent, alongside photograph examples of works undertaken below:
2023 to 2024 financial year
During the 2023-24 financial year we undertook a range of routine repair works to the Hunstanton sea defences. This included:
- Concrete repairs to slipways, the promenade and seawall
- Repairs to navigation markers
- Jetting and routine repairs to Borough Council owned outfalls
- Health and safety works.
The total cost of routine repair works for the 2023-24 financial year was £183,076.68.
You can view the full breakdown of how this was spent, alongside photograph examples of works undertaken below:
2022 to 2023 financial year
During the 2022-23 financial year we undertook a range of routine repair work to the Hunstanton sea defences. This included:
- Concrete repairs to slipways, the promenade and seawall
- Mortar repairs to the seawall
- Routine maintenance of all floodgates
- Repairs to navigation markers
- Jetting of Borough Council owned outfalls
- Health and safety works
The total cost of routine repair works for the 2022-23 financial year was £66,863.80.
You can view the full breakdown of how this was spent, alongside photograph examples of works undertaken below:
Further information
If you need to speak to us about the work undertaken to the Hunstanton coastal defences, you can contact us at any time by email at floodandwatermanagement@west-norfolk.gov.uk.