is southern england sinking
North of Britain rises while the south sinks. 7 October 2009, by Marion O'Sullivan. Southern England is slowly sinking while Scotland is rising up, according to a new map created by Durham scientists that shows how land and sea levels around the British coastline are rising or subsiding.Durham University research team taking sediment cores at Loch nan Corr.n contrast, parts of England, Wales and Southern Ireland could sink by up to 5cm over the next century, adding between 10 and 33 per cent to projected sea level rises. Long term rate of relative land-and sea-level change in the British Isles.