Synopsis
Charlotte Smith and Sean Fletcher are on Hengistbury Head in Dorset, where a large-scale engineering project is set to save huge swathes of this coastline from being lost to the sea.
- Programme: Countryfile
- Episode: Hengistbury Head
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2024
- Geography | Coastal Landscapes | Erosion
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