Coastal housing and railway line, Dawlish
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Coastal housing and railway line, Dawlish by David Martin as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © David Martin Taken: 14 Feb 2012
The sea wall, railway line and road in the centre of this scene collapsed during a huge storm on 5 February 2014, endangering some of the houses and closing the rail link to the west.