The Birling Gap Hotel is set to be partially demolished due to its precarious position just feet away from a crumbling cliff edge in East Sussex.

Drone footage from November 15 shows work is underway on the building that dates back to 1878.

Recently a National Trust cafe adjoining the visitor centre was moved from the rear of the building to the front due to erosion fears.

The old Birling Gap Hotel start of demolition work as its too close to the cliff and the sea below in the Seven Sisters National Park, near Eastbourne. Built in 1878 the Victorian Hotel, once had a sun lounge (already lost to the sea) and until recently was a National Trust Cafe adjoining the visitor centre. Demolition will remove the building and the NT hope to build a new visitor centre inland as the remaining buildings will soon be in danger from erosion. The hotel once attracted wealthy motorists and had its own golf course behind the Hotel. Birling Gap, East Sussex, UK

Birling Gap is the second most visited NT location in the UK after Chartwell.


Former Victorian Cliff top Hotel is demolished as its too close to crumbling cliff edge, Seven Sistes Nastional Park, East Susex, UK