Mind your step! Sunseekers lurk perilously close to crumbling cliff edge as they flock to beauty spot to take advantage of warm bank holiday weather Chalk cliffs at Birling Gap near Beachy Head, east Sussex are liable to collapse By Ryan Prosser Published: 19:38, 25 May 2024 | Updated: 19:47, 25 May 2024 e-mail View comments Tourists flocking to the south coast to take in some sun are taking their lives in their hands while lurking perilously close to crumbling cliff edges. Pictures show visitors walking and dangling their feet on the edge of a steep drop at Birling Gap near Beachy Head in East Sussex. It comes after two cliffs recently collapsed at Seaford Head and Peacehaven in the space of two weeks earlier this month.
Local councils and lifeguards are warning people of the risks posed by unstable chalk cliffs, which are liable to give way suddenly. Britons flocked to beaches on Saturday amid lashings of sunshine and temperatures of 21C in the South. Tourists were pictured dangling their legs on the edge of steep cliffs at Birling Gap, east Sussex as councils and lifeguards warned of collapsing edges A woman in a summery patterned dress walks by the side of the steep cliffs at Beachy Head The cliffs at Birling Gap rise to over 162 metres above sea level A spokesperson for HMS Coastguard said: 'The cliffs can be unstable in places.
We urge visitors to be responsible and stay safe, by keeping away from the edge of the cliffs. The steep edges at Beachy Head, a notorious spot .
