Locals in an idyllic seaside village have been building their own flood defences as rising tides threaten to wash away their homes.

One property has seen £600,000 wiped off its value already as others feel ‘abandoned’ by authorities as they desperately seek to protect their family homes in Faversham Road, Seasalter, Kent.

Crumbling sea defences have forced residents to sell up before the ocean claims their homes that sit beyond an Environment Agency-maintained clay seawall.

The agency announced it will begin scaling back sea defences as part of a ‘managed realignment’ from 2055.

This means abandoning the current defences and forcing the sea inland to a line that is yet to be precisely defined.

The threat of losing their homes has prompted numerous people living in about 65 properties

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