Pictures have emerged showing the extent of damage to a tourist hotspot following a landslide. 

The landslide is thought to have taken place at Lulworth Cove on Wednesday.

The pictures show a largesection of cliff which has fallen into the sea blocking access to parts of the beach, whilst another details the extensive damage caused to the steps leading down to Lulworth Cove. 

Steps were constructed by countryside rangers team, Lulworth Rangers, with the help of volunteers over the winter months.

Bournemouth Echo: According to the Lulworth Rangers, sodden clay has covered and damaged the newly built steps and taken away the original stone steps from above.

They had announced work on those steps had been completed the day prior to the landslide in the same area on social media.

Bournemouth Echo: It is not yet known at what the extent of the damage is, and how long it will take for steps to be installed. It is thought that the team will wait for the ground to settle before starting repair works. 

Regarding repairs to the area, a spokesperson for the Lulworth Rangers said: "It would be dangerous to work underneath unstable ground and removing anything could trigger more movement. 

Bournemouth Echo:

"Also, being a natural World Heritage Site we are duty-bound to let nature take its's course as there are no doubt plenty of fossils to be spread around the beach from the landslip."

This comes after a large cliff fall to the beach back in February. 

The rangers say that Peplar’s Point and the land owned by the Ministry of Defence, including Fossil Forest, when open, is still possible to access via the path over Bindon Hill without having to descend onto the beach.