The National TRUST has banned coaches from the parking lot in one of the most popular places of beauty and hiking in the country, trying to save its erosion beach.
People who wish to visit the Birty Gap and seven sisters must now come to the beach site with other items.
A maximum of 600,000 people visit the site to admire symbolic or hiking views on white plaster cliffs – one of the longest underdeveloped coastal stretches on the South Coast.
But the National Trust, which manages the site, is trying to limit the population in trying to protect the cliffs from coastal erosion and secure visitors.
On the National Trust website for Birling Gap and the seven rocky sisters now: “Please note, we will no longer allow coaching or coaching parking lot in our parking lot.
The announcement adds that there is an alternative coach parking lot in the area near Eastbourne.
“At Birling Gap, we welcome more than 600,000 visitors to this small rural place that is vulnerable to coastal erosion every year,” a spokesman for the National Trust said. BBCHuman
“We have seen a significant increase in coach visits in recent years that this site is unable to deal with. We still welcome visitors using cars, motorcycles, minibuses and bus service.”
The National Trust says the plaster on the cliffs is worn out that “large pieces are destroyed and leaves almost vertical faces.”
“The cliffs are very fragile because of the gypsum that can be more softened by heavy rain or under pressure from wind and wave,” he said.
“This means that the edge of the rock is very unstable and at risk of collapse,” said TRUST.
News Ban News was welcomed by locals, who say the site has been “destroyed” in recent years.
“This is a tsunami and has a huge impact on the small road, thresholds, meadows and routes. Everything disappears.”
Dot Skeaping, a former national trust worker who lives in a hut close to the cliffs, also said: “National trust wants people to welcome the birling gap, but wants to see them in his best way.
Independent Contact the National Trust for comment.
