Children find man's body near beach during walk as police launch investigation

A group of children found a man's corpse on a beach during a morning walk last week.

Police are investigating the circumstances around the man's death after he was discovered near Pembroke Dock beach, south Wales.

Four thirteen-year-old children were on a morning walk on Friday when they found the man laying dead on the shoreline near Fort Road.

The teenagers said the deceased was in his "forties" or around that age.

His body was "too far up the beach" to have arrived there on the tide, Wales Online reports.

Dyfed-Powys Police have offered the four kids counselling, one of their parents said.

The children who found the body have been offered counselling by the local police force, their parents said (Google Streetview)

A police spokesperson said: “We were called at around 12.10pm on Friday, August 20 after a body of a man was found near the beach off Fort Road in Pembroke Dock.

"Officers are currently investigating the circumstances around his death."

Fort Road runs right to the water's edge and is just metres away from Pembroke Port where the Pembroke to Rosslare ferry runs from.