Beachy Head

[British Bulldog]

If people want to throw themselves off to their DOOM, then let them. Better that that them leaping in front of a train and delaying an entire REGION'S commute./B]

Spot on!

 

[Monkey Man]

"Anyway about 20 people a year leave their mortal souls at BH - Apparently the third most common suicide spot in the world, after the Golden Gate Bridge and somewhere in Japan. It’s so bad that taxi drivers in the area have code words to say over their radios to call the police if they think that someone’s going to jump. "

Some years the tally is higher than the Golden Gate. Makes you proud to be British, eh?

The fence argument is a complete non-starter. You couldn't build one big enough to deter someone who really wants to kill themselves, plus the cliffs have a very long edge that you could never seal off completely. Plus the erosion happens at the rate of several centimetres a year and sometimes whole chunks slip away (beware thrill seekers).

Many of the deaths recorded at Beachy Head are not classified as suicide purely because nobody can say beyond doubt in some cases if the person deliberately jumped, or slipped, or was carried off by a gust of wind. Some of the more excitable characters in Eastbourne do tell of an "evil presence" that may be luring innocents to their deaths ...

 

[Hiney]

It's certainly a long way down!

 

[British Bulldog]

It's certainly a long way down!

Ouch! that would hurt in the morning!