Sea level rise is one of many drivers of coastal change including storms, sediment supply, vegetation changes, wave climate and human modifications. Identifying the impact of individual drivers when they are all working at the same time is extremely difficult. The signature of sea level rise at the coast may be masked for many years if there is a large input of sediment supply to the system that causes the beach to build up and accrete seaward, or local tectonic factors are at play (such as uplift). Scientists generally expect sea level rise to drive increases in coastal erosion rates, but there will be a lot of local variability. The dataset we have produced describing historic erosion trends is an important piece of the puzzle in overall attempts to anticipate the future rate of coastal change in different parts of our coast.