Work is underway to stabilise a section of cliff at Great Western Beach.

Cornwall Council is carrying out the safety work after conducting a geotechnical investigation and estimates it will take around seven weeks to complete. 

The authority states it may need to close the access ramp for a temporary period while machinery is moved to and from the site to ensure the safety of the beach users and their workforce.

Work will be carried out from Monday to Friday between 8am and 5pm.

The council says it will make every effort to minimise the impact of the work and complete it as quickly as possible.

Robert Taylor, who filmed the cliff works, said: “Crumbling cliffs are a natural phenomenon but potentially threaten beachgoers at popular West Country UK destination. 

“Here at Great Western Beach, the threat became critical, and remedial work was necessary, hence industrial rope workers are suspended on safety cables to work precariously at great heights above the beach to drill and fix steel pins into the unstable mudstone cliff face. 

“The job is tasked to a specialist company, Ibex Technical Services based in Wales UK.

“Several significant rock falls, both recently, and critically, right next to the Great Western Beach road have prompted this action intended to make access safer for visitors.”