Glenn MartinWarning signals have been placed and road closures are in their place after a coastal sliding on Wight island.
Part of the cliffs in Atherfield Point on the southwest coast of the island collapsed on Saturday.
The Wight isle council said “due to a recent land movement,” his road rights team establishes closures “to guarantee public safety while the area is evaluated.”
Resident Glenn Martin told the BBC a “considerable piece” of approximately 100 m (328 feet) for 25 m (82 feet) collapsed after heavy rains on Friday night.
Glenn MartinFirst he noticed a “really big and long crack where the grass had moved away and the ground had fallen about six inches” while walking his dogs in the area on Thursday.
He said: “The Council has now closed all the coastal path all there, approximately four miles, because it is quite unstable.
“It’s scary. I have gone to that beach for 38 years. The erosion rate has increased, especially in the last five years.”
Glenn Martin
Wight Council IslandAfter landslide, the Council warned the islanders and visitors to stay away from the cliff edges and coastal roads in the area, and they won’t walk directly below the cliffs.
The southern coast of the island has experienced several recently important land landslides.
In 2024, a council director warned that the military road, which extends near Atherfield Point, could fall into the sea in two years.
