Sea wall above Throston Scar
Introduction
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Image: © Andy Waddington Taken: 16 Nov 2020
Throston occupies the narrowest part of Hartlepool Headland and its northern shore is sufficiently sheltered to have accumulated a sandy beach - at least in early winter before the majority of North Sea storms arrive. The £9.6 million sea defence project which ran from 2015 to 2018, has, however, renewed the coping on the sea wall in work which was designed with a lifespan of roughly 100 years, though whether this allows for the rise in sea level caused by climate change is not made clear.