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Land's End Resort

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First report 14 May 2018•Latest report 14 May 2018

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Land's End Resort linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

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    Hans-Peter Schmidt · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Hans-Peter Schmidt died on 17 June 2017 at Lands End, Cornwall, from multiple injuries following an unwitnessed fall from a cliff while cycling along the cliff edge. The report raised concerns about the maintenance and absence of permanent barriers at identified cliff hot spots, inadequate warning signs and pictograms, and the lack of staff training uptake offered by the RNLI.

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    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Land's End Resort; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure to provide cliff-danger training to Lands End resort staff

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) The lack of uptake by the Lands End resort of the RNLI offer to provide training to staff. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Land's End Resort; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Lack of internationally recognisable cliff-danger warning signs for non-English speakers

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) The lack of internationally recognisable warning signs in accordance with British Signage Institute (BSI) guidelines to warn non-English speakers of the dangers presented by the cliffs as recommended by the RNLI. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Land's End Resort; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Lack of maintenance of temporary rope barriers at cliff hot spot sites

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) The apparent lack of maintenance of the temporary rope barriers located at two hot spot sites identified by RNLI and police witnesses, namely 1) that immediately below Greeb farm where a path from the farm meets the cliff face at a right angle and forms a junction with other paths above the sheer cliff face, this being the sight of two fatal accidents in 2017, namely those of Mr Jachec and Herr Schmidt. 2) that known as the arch viewing area, being the furthest southern location of the Lands End resort on the border with National Trust property. (2) Regarding the lack of permanent barriers as recommended by the RNLI at the two hot spot sites discussed above. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Land's End Resort; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of warning signs and pictograms at discrete public locations within Lands End resort

    Wider context from the report

    “(5) The lack of warning signs and pictograms at discrete public locations within Lands End resort to promote awareness of the dangers presented by the cliffs. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Land's End Resort; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of permanent barriers at cliff hot spot sites

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) The apparent lack of maintenance of the temporary rope barriers located at two hot spot sites identified by RNLI and police witnesses, namely 1) that immediately below Greeb farm where a path from the farm meets the cliff face at a right angle and forms a junction with other paths above the sheer cliff face, this being the sight of two fatal accidents in 2017, namely those of Mr Jachec and Herr Schmidt. 2) that known as the arch viewing area, being the furthest southern location of the Lands End resort on the border with National Trust property. (2) Regarding the lack of permanent barriers as recommended by the RNLI at the two hot spot sites discussed above. ”
    Open source report
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026