Thousands of bags of chips have washed up on a beach in Sussex.

The chips washed up near Eastbourne after several shipping containers containing “food and packaging” came ashore nearby earlier this week.

Joel Bonnici, who lives in Eastbourne, said he “had to look twice” when he went for a walk on Saturday in Falling Sands, which is near Beachy Head cliffs.

“The beach looked like the Caribbean golden sands,” he said.

"In some areas the chips were two-and-a-half feet deep into the ground.