Beachy Head - chalk cliffs on the south coast of Great Britain, in the county of East Sussex, near the town of Eastbourne. The height of the cliff 162 meters, is the highest chalk cliffs of Great Britain.

Mel as the rock was formed in the geological period, which is called - the late Cretaceous period, between 65 and 100 million years ago. Then this land was under water. The Cenozoic tectonic rise and occurred when the ice age ended, and formed the English Channel, the white chalk cliffs coast of Sussex acquired its present form. It is because of these rocks island of Britain derives its Latin name Albion - White.

White Cliffs has long served as a guide to sailors, but sailing around the cape is quite dangerous, and in 1831 began construction of the lighthouse Belle Tu little west of Cape Beachy Head. It was enacted in 1834, and in 1999, due to erosion of rocks lighthouse had to move the 15 meters inland. Fires of Bel-Tu is often hidden by fog or low clouds, and in 1902 opened a second lighthouse, located in the sea at the foot of Beachy Head. At the lighthouse there are three ranger, and its lights were visible for 42 kilometers in the open sea. In 1983, the lighthouse was fully automated.

Now this area of ​​Sussex - popular tourist attractions. West cliff Beachy Head is a group of chalk cliffs called Seven Sisters (in fact rock eight instead of seven). Between them - the village Birling Gap where there is a hotel and restaurant, and to the foot of the cliffs you can go down the metal stairs fixed on the chalk wall.

Unfortunately, Beachy Head is very popular among the suicides. He ranked third in the world after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and forests Aokigahara in Japan. Earliest suicide was recorded here in the VII century. According to some reports, a year on Beachy Head happens to 20 deaths, but the statistics are closed so as not to provoke a potential suicide. Local religious charities regularly patrol the coast, is also always on the lookout local bartenders and taxi drivers. Activists of these organizations believe that the extensive coverage of suicides in the media provokes people.