A member of the public discovered a woman deceased on a well-known beach.
After a bystander saw the woman this afternoon at Pevensey Bay Beach in East Sussex, emergency services were contacted.
After the terrible finding, police are now trying to identify the woman.
A member of the public discovered a woman’s body at Pevensey Beach this afternoon, according to a spokeswoman for Sussex Police.
‘She was sadly confirmed dead at the scene.
‘Enquiries are ongoing to identify her and establish the full circumstances of the situation.’
The rural shingle beach runs along the East Sussex coast around five miles from Eastbourne.
It’s popular with tourists for being the spot where William the Conqueror landed in 1066 before the Battle of Hastings.
Earlier today, an inquest into the death of mum Nicola Bulley who disappeared while walking her dogs found that she drowned after accidentally falling into a river.