The Suffolk beach will no longer be classed as nudist after this summer due to coastal erosion.

The 200 yard stretch of beach is being opened up to non nudists as the surrounding area has lost too much sand and shingle to coastal erosion. However, the decision has angered the hundreds of naturists who regularly make use of the beach at Corton, near Lowestoft.

The decision to remove the nudist status of the beach, which is hidden by wooden groynes and opened in 1979, was taken after four months of public consultation. Waveney District Council has said that the nudist designation will be revoked on November 1st 2009.

From November the nearest official nudist beaches will be at Holkham in Norfolk and Shellness, Kent.