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A world well-known British magnificence spot has seen its pebble seashore reworked by sand in a single day. Locals welcomed the change at Birling Gap, close to EastbourneEast Sussex, which is believed to have been the results of current winter storms.

Mary Sievwright, talking from the seashore on Tuesday, mentioned it was “beautiful”. She advised the BBC: “I wish it had been like this when the children were young. It would have been great fun when I was a kid because we all had to scramble over pebbles the whole time.”

She advised the BBC there have been numerous good locations to place a towel down and sit with household because the sand appeared.

Birling Gap is a part of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs and the place the South Downs meets the ocean. It is managed by the National Trust.

A spokesperson for the Trust mentioned folks ought to benefit from the change whereas they will.

They mentioned: “The action of strong waves during storms and high tides can reveal sandy patches on the beach, which are usually covered by flint pebbles at other times of the year.

“This yr has seen a better than traditional quantity of sand showing.

“We ask all visitors to take care when heading to the beach, check tide times in advance and to keep well away from the cliff base at all times.”

Birling Gap hit the headlines on Tuesday when it emerged folks had change into trapped on the seashore when a bit of the well-known cliffs collapsed.

Nine folks and a canine had been rescued by HM Coastguard after steps to the seashore had been broken by the rockfall.

A HM Coastguard spokesperson mentioned nobody was injured. They added: “HM Coastguard received reports of two families stranded on a beach at Birling Gap after access steps were damaged by debris during a cliff fall.”

Coastguard rescue groups from Birling Gap, Newhaven and Eastbourne had been despatched to the scene. Rescue specialists used ropes to convey the 9 folks and canine up the cliff to security.

The rescue got here as Storm Chandra battered the UK, with heavy rain resulting in widespread flooding and over 100 flood warnings throughout the UK.