Low tide at Brighton on Sunday evening was 6:06pm when the water would only have been 3.6 ft (1.1m) deep. Police, lifeboat, lifeguard, coastguard and ambulance services were called to the pier.

SEEN from the beach by thousands of visitors every weekend, it has been a long time since anyone really got close to the West Pier.

In a statement, Sussex Police said: "Two men were taken to hospital having reportedly jumped into the sea from Brighton Palace Pier on August 28. "One man has now sadly died from his injuries.

Current spring tides meant the sea level in Brighton was so low on Thursday that people were able to walk out to the West Pier – and it is set to be even lower on Friday evening.

A warning has been issued after two people fell from Brighton's West Pier.HM Coastguard said it received multiple 999 calls at around 12:40 BST on 1 July reporting two people in difficulty in the ...

However, this pier is not the Brighton Palace Pier or the West Pier, ... Remains of some of the pier’s foundations used to be visible at very low tide but have since been lost to history.

Current spring tides meant the sea level in Brighton was so low on Thursday that people were able to walk out to the West Pier – and it is set to be even lower on Friday evening.