The Cayton Cliff is subject to continuing surface landslips, potentially major at times,[1] such as the one of 2008, known as the Knipe Point Landslide,[2] which received national media attention due to the loss of three homes.

One of the earliest visitors were the family of poet Philip Larkin[3] and during the Second World War it became a home for evacuated children from Middlesbrough.

This is held by another residents' company, Knipe Point Freeholders Limited,[11] which maintains equality through each member having 500 shares.

[15] There is a great deal of speculation, including suggestions that the site has been affected by the building of a new bypass or that the construction of extensions to the bungalows triggered the failure.

[16] On 15 December 2009 Defra announced that it was awarding Pathfinder Status to Scarborough Borough Council to enable it to add to its programme of work a means of exploring new approaches to planning for, and managing, adaptation to coastal change in partnership with the Knipe Point Drive community.