A BODY was found on a beach yesterday.

A dog walker made the discovery just before 7.20am by the Bexhill Sea Angling Club in the town and called the police.

Paramedics and police officers investigated but declared the woman, believed to be in her 50s or 60s, dead at the scene.

She had not yet been identified.

Police said the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.