LULWORTH Cove has suffered yet another landslip just weeks after rocks came tumbling down the cliff edge.
Footage captured by Poole resident Rob Payne while out on a family walk on Saturday, March 2 shows rubble and rocks falling down the cliff edge, forming a pile blocking part of the pebble beach.
While the slip at the beauty spot lasted around 40 seconds, it wasn’t as large as the last one captured on camera by Bournemouth resident Andy Stone, 59, on Sunday, February 18.
Rob, a teacher, said: “It started with little rocks falling down and then suddenly my wife pointed out more was falling and it all came down.
“You couldn’t hear it, it wasn’t massively loud, but we were stood fairly far away from it.
“They have blocked off part of the beach to the left where the last slip happened. The only way to get there is crossing a small river, which some people have done.
“The last one was a lot bigger, though.”
Nobody was injured by the landslip on Saturday afternoon, Rob added.
Another landslip was captured on video on February 11.
Lulworth’s rangers last week said downpours of heavy rain over the past few days has led to more subsidence along the estate’s coastline.
A large boulder fell from the cliffs above and landed on the path leading down to Durdle Door, not blocking the path but the rangers advised visitors to exercise “extreme caution”.
The rangers added: “[It] will take some time for the area to settle before any major repairs can be done.”
Dorset’s coastline has been suffering from several landslips in recent weeks, likely caused by the heavy spells of rain.
Warnings were issued by Dorset Council in February over ongoing landslips in Swanage, particularly between the Grand Hotel, in Burlington Road and Ocean Bay, in nearby Ulwell Road.
In January, there was a landslip along the path at Houns Tout, in between Worth Matravers and Kimmeridge.
The Met Office said the south of England had its wettest February in a time series going back to 1836, with many parts of the region recording well over twice the average rainfall for the month.
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