Couple risk lives playing 'chicken' on 200ft crumbling cliff edge

A walking enthusiast captured on camera the moment a couple appeared to play a game of 'chicken' on the crumbling edge of a 200ft cliff.

Experts have left cautionary signs in the area warning the public that the cliff is on the verge of collapse.

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Wayne Spring, 49, saw the pair posing for pictures on the edge of the Seaford Head cliff in East Sussex and described it as "terrifying".

Speaking to the Metro, he said: "They were playing and seeing how close they could get. The people at the bottom were gasping and waiting for the worst to happen.

"You could see that he was very unsure about it, and he wouldn't go as far to the edge as she did.

"It really was terrifying, and you could hear people shouting "oh my God" from below."

Spokesperson for Newhaven Coastguard, Trevor Cutler, told the Mirror and the Daily Telegraph: "The council roped off a large part of the cliff edge and used spray paint to spray a warning sign on the grass 'danger imminent cliff fall'

"People risking their lives has always been a problem.

At the moment there is a considerable crack opening up after the long wet periods we have had and it's very worrying.

"There's not a lot we can do, we try and educate people about the dangers, people should be at least five metres away from the edge at all times.

"It's a very awkward situation."