Bereaved relatives say delays over risks at village churchyards are causing distress and call for council action
Families of people buried in graves vulnerable to coastal erosion say indecision over how to tackle the problem is causing them avoidable anguish about the final resting places of their loved ones.
North Norfolk district council (NNDC) has identified three church graveyards in the villages of Happisburgh, Trimingham, and Mundesley as being at risk of being engulfed by the sea in the coming decades.
A recent report on the issue sets out a series of options from taking no action to exhuming remains and reburying them in safer locations. The council and the Church of England say it is for local people to decide how to proceed.
However, a lack of consensus over when and how to tackle the problem has left bereaved families frustrated and anxious.
