Safety fears as sea wall falls away at Castle Beach, Falmouth

The Cornish coastline has been taking a battering over recent days, with strong winds combined with high tides resulting in huge waves.

The result is that at Castle Beach, along from Gyllyngvase, the wall has started to disintegrate near to the steps, exposing metal rods that have been embedded into the wall for structure.

One part has completely ripped away and is now on the beach, from which a number of the rods are also protruding.

The sea wall has started to come away Picture: Vicky Eva

Falmouth mayor Steve Eva has now warned people to take care if visiting the beach, fearing someone could hurt themselves on the sticking out metal.

He said: "The wall where the slope and the steps are, by the cafe, has ripped apart leaving big metal rods protruding out of the wall and from a chunk of wall that detached from the main structure.

"It could be dangerous if children were playing and slipped."

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He and his wife Vicky have reported to the issue to town clerk Mark Williams and also Cornwall Council.

Mrs Eva said: "I'm worried someone might get impaled on the rods if Cornwall Council don’t address the problem sooner rather than later; albeit I know repairs are tide permitting.

A large chunk of the wall, also containing the metal rods, has fallen away onto the beach Picture: Vicky Eva

"It has been so wild and Castle Beach in particular changes its appearance every day, with the battering it is taking.

"There was no sand in front of the promenade yesterday, just rocks, and you had to actually jump down from the end of the steps at both ends as there was nothing to step down on to."