Why save Happisburgh?
Happisburgh is home to over 850 people.
Happisburgh is a national asset, both historically and architecturally. Happisburgh has no less than eighteen listed buildings, including a 12th Century church,
the only privately run and maintained working lighthouse in the UK, and Happisburgh Manor (known locally
as St. Mary's). recognised as one of England's seminal Arts and Crafts houses.
Happisburgh has a thriving, unique community.
Along with all the necessary physical ingredients
of a church, village shop and post office, pub and school, Happisburgh has a tangible community spirit. This can be seen from the generations of sons and daughters who volunteer to man the local inshore lifeboat and coastguard team, who fought for an Act of Parliament to allow them to continue to operate the Happisburgh Lighthouse as
a private trust, and who are now fighting for the existence of the village itself.
Happisburgh is protecting the northern Broads.
It bridges the gap between the hard defences to the south and north - a potential weak link in the chain of measures put in place to protect the low-lying northern Broads from flooding.