The beautiful seaside village swallowed by the sea dubbed 'UK's Atlantis'

The legendary lost city of Atlantis is famed around the world, being highly recognised in literature, movies and popular culture, but did you know the UK has its very own real version of the island that many people might have not even realised? This village was once home to approximately 3,000 people before a storm destroyed a major part of it turning what was once home to one of the biggest ports in the country into a a desolate stretch of the Suffolk Coast. Dunwich was first impacted by coastal erosion on January 1, 1286, where the storm surged the east edge of the town taking buildings along with it.

But destruction didn't end there. The following year, two further surges - the South England flood of February 1287 and St Lucia's flood in Decemeber of that year hit the village. Another wrecking storm dragged 400 houses into the sea and what was left of Dunwich was taken in 1362 by The Grote Mandrenke - an intense extratopical cyclone which hit Britian, The Netherlands, North Germany and Denmark. A cycle of destruction and lost followed Dunwich and by the 13th century most of the town was gone, the buildings had disappeared including all eight churches and it went from a the town with a key port part of East Anglia's trade network to the small coastal village we know of today.

Yet the erosion didn't ease, as the majority of the village has broken down and gotten lost in the sea. It is known that eight of Dunwich's places of worship is now lost under water, according to Suffolk Live, but some historians suugest that there actually was up to 50 church that exsisted in Dunwich at its peak.

Though the majority of Dunwich is now submerged in the North Sea, the village has done its best to keep the it alive. The Dunwich Museum on the village's main road, James Street tells the story of this 'British Atlantis'.

Through the use of artefacts and imagery, the musuem uncovers the story of how the populated city with a great fishing trade has become a quiet village home to as much as 200 people.

And the story telling doesn't stop there - visiting Dunwich means its all around you, in fact people even say that during storms you can hear the bells of lost churches ringing below the waves.

The village is also still home to a expanse of forest, heath and beach perfect for those who would enjoy a nice long walk besides the sea or through the forest, where you might spot some of thw UK's rarest wildlife.

So this village may be small but what makes Dunwich what it is today is how its has been able to keep its rich history alive.