Body of holidaymaker found near cliffs after man disappears from Exmouth holiday park

THE body of a missing holidaymaker has tragically been found at a popular tourist spot.

The man was reported missing from an Exmouth holiday park last night, seeing emergency services race to the area.

In the hour that followed they devastatingly found the body of a man in his 60s at the base of a cliff at Orcombe Point.

The man was said to be on holiday, visiting from Northamptonshire.

A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at around 7.30pm on Monday following reports of a person missing from a holiday park in the Exmouth area.

"Officers, along with support from National Police Air Service and the RNLI assisted with searches. At around 8.40pm a body was located at the base of the cliffs in Exmouth.

"The body was taken to shore and pronounced deceased a short time later, and is that of a man in his 60s from the Northamptonshire area; his next of kin have been informed.

"This death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is to be prepared for the coroner."

NPAS South West Region tweeted: "Our sad duty yesterday was to locate this man visually from the aircraft on an inaccessible beach and then talk the @RNLI onto his position - our thoughts are with his family and friends at this awful time."