A man has been found dead on a beach path in Swanage, Dorset, police said.

The man, believed to be in his fifties and from Wiltshire, was found on a pathway to the beach in Studland, about half a mile from the chain ferry linking Studland to Sandbanks in Poole.

His death was from natural causes and there will be no inquest, police said.

Ambulance crews, Swanage Coastguard rescue officers and police attended at about 3.30pm on Sunday. Police believe a car found nearby belonged to the dead man.