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Tinsel to tidewall: discarded Christmas trees reused to protect Lancashire coastline

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The trees morph into sand dunes to protect homes on the seafront against rising sea levels and serve as habitat for rare species

Britain’s fight against climate breakdown may usually look like windfarms or solar energy. But on miles of Lancashire coast the frontline is rather more festive.

Tens of thousands of discarded Christmas trees have been partially buried on beaches south of Blackpool as a frontier against rising sea levels.

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