Selfie-loving tourists have been spotted standing inches from death after they hopped over safety railings to pose and peer over the crumbling cliffs at a popular East Sussex viewpoint.
Daytrippers were seen today perilously close to a 500ft drop in the coastal hamlet of Birling Gap, one of Britain’s most popular beauty spots.
The National Trust, which manages the site, warned that the cliffs ‘are very fragile and can collapse without warning’.
Up to 600,000 visitors a year travel to this stretch of the legendary Seven Sisters chalk cliffs – with non-stop sightseeing tours wrecking the grassland, paths and verges.
Tourists are expected to flock
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