Beachy Head | Most Beautiful Place

Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex, England. It is situated close to Eastbourne, immediately east of the Seven Sisters.Beachy Head is located within the administrative area of Eastbourne Borough Council which owns the land, forming part of the Eastbourne Downland Estate. The cliff is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 metres (531 ft) above sea level. The peak allows views of the south east coast from Dungeness in the east, to Selsey Bill in the west. Its height has also made it one of the most notorious suicide spots in the world,More info:wiki

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Rugged chalk cliffs skirt the coastline of East Sussex in Southern England. On the very first day of August, slightly orange sunbeams gild these impressive rock formations in a way that makes me believe they’re actually made of gold. The shiny cliffs and the sound of the foamy wave crests hitting the rocky shore make me fall into a peaceful trance. I’m spellbound by the surrounding beauty, gentle crashing of the waves and joyful chirp of the birds racing towards the horizon.

Despite the peaceful beauty, something dark is surging below the surface. In reality, the serenity that takes me over when I stroll on top of the cliffs suddenly feels like an illusion.

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The fall from the top of the white chalk cliffs at Beachy Head takes five seconds. One, two, three, four, five, and on to the rocks below. “Time enough to regret what you have done,” says Andy Nippard, as he walks along the edge. This landscape is spectacularly beautiful, one of the wonders of the southern English coastline, but it is also deadly.

There is grass underfoot and the South Downs roll away to the left on a lovely, warm summer evening, but to the right is a sudden, shocking drop. The cliffs are 160m at their highest point and there is nothing to stop a fall except for an absurdly low, single-wire fence.

“I did see a man go over,” says Nippard, who is dressed in a bright red polo shirt with the word “chaplain” spelled out in gold letters. He is a member of the Beachy Head Chaplaincy Team, a group of volunteers who watch and walk the cliffs in all weathers, every day and night, looking for the lost and lonely and the suicidal. They have done this for 10 years without giving interviews, for fear of drawing any more despondent people to the place, but now they are having to break their silence because of a financial crisis that threatens to stop their work.

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Winning the lottery can sometimes feel more likely than a hot and sunny day in the middle of October. In the last few weeks it has become remarkably colder and darker so you can imagine how lucky my friends and I felt as the sun broke through the dim and dreary clouds and persisted to shine along the south coast of England for much of the day – a place we so happened to be.

My friends and I live in London and although we love all the treats it has to offer, it doesn’t offer everything. Want to listen to your favourite band live? Sure you can! But can you listen to the sound of the sea? Nope, no siree, ‘fraid not.

Sadly, Mother Nature isn’t a frequent dweller of the inner city so we decided we’d visit her at Beachy Head and up to Seven Sisters along the southeast coast of England. Lured in by the name of the place, as much by the prospect of its chalky white cliffs and grassy plains, we jumped in the car and headed south away from the hustle and bustle of London.

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The first thing that sprung to mind upon arrival at the top of Beachy Head in Eastbourne, apart from the sheer awesome drop, was that of the final scene in the Modtastic ‘Quadrophenia‘ where Jimmy discovers to his horror that his idol, Ace Face, is in reality a lowly bellboy at a Brighton hotel, steals his scooter and sends it on an irreparable trip off the cliffs (check it out on YouTube here). This place really is awesome to view first hand, it’s just gigantic! it puts you on edge just looking over the edge! I was amazed and confused at the same time to see German tourists dangling there legs of the cliff, as if they were sitting on a swing, taking selfies and proving to there buddies how brave they were. All it takes is one bit of chalk to crumble away and… well, just look at the Lighthouse below the cliffs, about as tall as a house, and then look how high the cliffs go ~you get the picture.

Needless to say it’s not all beauty at Beachy Head, it’s been a notorious suicide spot since the 7th century and apparently is the number six suicide spot in the world, with a 530ft straight drop to the rocks below at one point and with no fencing or barriers to stop someone jumping off it’s not that surprising really. Standing near the edge on a beautiful calm & sunny day can definitely get you wondering what would make someone want to jump to their certain death from that great height? what if you changed your mind in the six seconds it takes to reach the bottom?

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