An iconic cliff in Devon dramatically collapsed onto a popular beach at Budleigh Salterton on Tuesday.

The video filmed on December 7 captures the moment that a section of the cliff collapses onto the beach below with little warning.

Nearby walkers narrowly escaped with their lives it was lucky that it was a cold day with only few people around.

This section of cliff forms the western end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and is part of the Lower Triassic Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds.

The video captures the moment that a section of cliff collapsed onto the beach below with little warning. Nearby walkers narrowly escaped with their lives and and only the fact that it was a cold day prevented major injury or loss of life. This section of cliff forms the western end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and is also known globally as part of the Lower Triassic Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds. The Beds are made up of well-rounded pink, red and grey cobbles and pebbles that result from the erosion of 400 million-year-old quartzite outcrops lying to the south-west, possibly now under younger rocks in the English Channel or even Brittany. These were laid down as a coarse gravel in a large braided river which crossed the Triassic desert 246 million years ago. The beach lies next to a popular historic town of Budleigh Salterton which has links with Sir Walter Raleigh and the painter John Everett Millais and is popular with locals and tourists throughout the year. Coming at a time when extreme weather conditions are becoming more frequent this might be a sign of things to come.