900122
Holbeck Hall Landslide
- Background
- Where:
Scarborough, UK
- When:
3rd-5th June
1993
- Where:
Scarborough, UK
- Event
- Hotel
collapsed into
the sea due to
a landslide
- A rotational
slide moved
almost 1 million
tonnes of
glacial till
- 70m of cliff
was cut back
- A 135m
projector
formed at the
cliff base
- Hotel
collapsed into
the sea due to
a landslide
- Causes
- 140mm of rainfall in 2 months before
- Drainage
issues
on the
slope
- Geology
meant the
slope was
susceptible to
mass
movement
- Undercutting
of the slope
with cliff top
footpaths
- Hotels foundations
and car park
prevented natural
drainage
- 140mm of rainfall in 2 months before
- Impacts
- Scarborough's
only 4 star
hotel destroyed
- Cliff path
routes had to
be diverted
- No deaths or
injuries caused by
the landslide
- Large
financial
cost to the
hotel
owners
- Beach area
was closed
over safety
fears
- Scarborough's
only 4 star
hotel destroyed
- Short Term Reaction
- The remainder
of the hotel
was
demolished
- The site was
made safe to keep
out the public
- Emergency works
took place to protect
surrounding
buildings
- Utilities cut off and made safe
- The remainder
of the hotel
was
demolished
- Long Term Reaction
- Reconstruction of
the coastal paths
- Structural work on the
ground to prevent
further movement
- Creation of a new
cliff side habitat
- Increased building insurance costs
- Reconstruction of
the coastal paths
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