Members of the public have been warned over fresh cliff rock falls in between Saundersfoot and Wiseman’s Bridge.

Posting on social media this morning (January 11) - the Hean Castle Estate, stated: “Please be aware that there has been a new cliff fall on the Tramway path, at the Coppet Hall end, which may well have impacted the top path.

“Anyone using the top path should exercise extreme care until an inspection has taken place.”

Only last week, County councillor for Saundersfoot’s south ward Cllr Chris Williams, had given an update on the situation over the public coastal path linking Wiseman’s Bridge and Saundersfoot, closed in light of a rock landslide following bad weather before Christmas.

Following Storm Ciaran which hit Pembrokeshire on November 2, cliff rock falls occurred onto the shared use coastal path between Wisemans Bridge and Coppet Hall, impacting on the tramway.

“There have been a few minor rock falls that were cleaned up relatively quickly, but unfortunately the most recent rock fall has been quite significant,” Cllr Williams said ahead of today’s discovery.

“Regarding the big landslide they realised that this is a tricky technical matter in terms of the geotechnical aspects.

“Therefore, Pembrokeshire County Council needed a specialist to survey the site. PCC is still unclear on the extent of danger or the potential of further rock falls.

“With this in mind, initially they put a temporary restriction for pedestrians whilst they evaluate the works.

“A week later, on December 14 we received the news that the public shared use footpath Coppet Hall to Wisemans Bridge – from Coppet Hall point, northeast to its junction with the access road leading towards Hean Castle, would be fully closed.

“The footpath potentially could be closed for a period of 6 months to ensure the safety of the public from the eroding cliff face.”

The week before Christmas, PCC completed the rock and slope inspection and associated drone survey on December 14 and 15 as planned.

The provisional conclusions (subject to change during the design stage) are that the existing rock netting system that has failed, will need to be replaced by a new draped rock netting system.

The installation of this will require scaling of the loose blocks/soil material and removal of vegetation currently present on the slope and may require localised rock dowels to be installed to support any remaining large blocks (to be determined during the design stage and supervision of the scaling work).

Cllr Williams said that he and fellow Saundersfoot county councillor Alec Cormack would like to remind everyone that the slope is very unstable and has numerous loose blocks that may fall at any time.

“We would personally advise all pedestrians to find an alternative route,” stated Cllr Williams.

“The recent weather certainly hasn’t helped matters. We are being told that some pedestrians are ignoring the signage and removing the barriers to gain access.

“We are waiting a full detailed report in January together with detailed recommendations and designs.

“Until then the path will have to remain closed for the foreseeable future pending permanent remedial works.

“I also appreciate that businesses will be affected if this continues to be inaccessible to all pedestrians.

“We will work closely together on this and keep you updated on new developments,” he added.

Pembrokeshire County Council has been approached for comment following today's rock fall.