Saturday, 29 March 2025

Walker falls at Dancing Ledge

 A multi agency response to a fallen walker started at around 13.00 yesterday ( Friday 28th March). 

Coastguard teams from Swanage , St Albans , Kimmeridge and Poole along with both RNLI lifeboats from Swanage , Rescue Helicopter 175 from Lee on solent , Dorset and Somerset air ambulance , Crews from South Western Ambulance and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue all attended. 

The male walker was trying to get to the lower ledges when he fell from the ledge receiving a head injury. 

Having reviewed medical treatment at scene he was flown to the Poole hospital helicopter landing site by the air ambulance being met by the Poole Coastguard team who cleared the site at whitecliffe.