Sea pool damaged by stormy weather

Railings were washed away by strong winds

A sea pool in Devon has been damaged by strong winds and high tides.

Managers of Shoalstone Pool, in Brixham, said the railings had been washed away by recent stormy weather.

It comes as the pool trustees are fundraising for urgent work at the site - including repairing a crack by the sea wall. They estimate repairs will cost about £275,000.

Jessica Stock, chair of the pool's trustees, said: "At the moment the railings are gone and we're hoping desperately that nothing else is gone."

The seawater pool was built on the site of a natural rock pool people have used for bathing since the late 19th Century.

Much of the current structure was built in the 1920s.

It fills with seawater as the tide rises.

Ms Stock added: "A major easterly storm may just take the pool away as it stands.

"I sit and I watch the weather forecast every morning and I've been dreading the fact that the next two days is supposed to be even worse, so our concern is that we might not have any pool by the end of the week."