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Families diced with death as they crowded onto the edges of a 530ft cliff on England's southern coast - despite two major cliff falls in the past three months.
Shocking pictures showed holidaymakers, dog walkers and even young children creeping to the sides of the crumbling cliffs for a scenic selfie on the famous Birling Gap cliffs.
In one shot, a small child toddles just feet from the cliff edge, while another shows a pair of youngsters holding hands with their parents as they peer over the edge and down to the beach below.
The picturesque white chalk cliff face near Eastbourne, East Sussex, where the South Downs meet the sea, is a popular tourist destination.
Despite regular cliff falls and a terrifying drop, visitors continue to venture perilously close to the edge to snap the perfect shot of the striking view.
One picture shows a pair of youngsters holiding hands with their parents as they peer down towards Birling Gap beach
In one shot, a small child is seen just feet from the cliff edge, while other visitors are seen taking pictures around the toddler
Tourists were seen taking selfies at the beauty spot, with one person dicing with death as he appeared to peer over the edge
Earlier this month, emergency services were called to Birling Gap after four people started a fire beneath the unstable cliffs.
In January, the beach below was closed after a section of the cliff fell away, amid fears of further rockfalls.
And last March, huge chunks of the Seven Sisters cliff fell onto Birling Gap beach after the coastline was lashed by
