A man has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after falling from a cliff.

Eastern Daily Press: The drama happened near the lighthouse and the cliff top cafeThe drama happened near the lighthouse and the cliff top cafe (Image: Chris Bishop)

He was winched up from the beach at Old Hunstanton by a coastguard air sea rescue helicopter, before being flown to Addenbrooke's Hospital by air ambulance.

Eastern Daily Press: The air ambulance takes off from the cliff top car park to fly the injured man to hospitalThe air ambulance takes off from the cliff top car park to fly the injured man to hospital (Image: Chris Bishop)

Emergency services were called to the cliff tops near the lighthouse just after 9.15am.

Crowds of bystanders watched as the coastguard helicopter lowered a winch man to collect the casualty, who had been put on a stretcher on the beach.

Eastern Daily Press: Emergency services were called to Old Hunstanton just after 9.15amEmergency services were called to Old Hunstanton just after 9.15am (Image: Chris Bishop)

He was then treated at the scene before being transferred to the Magpas air ambulance for the flight to hospital.

Eastern Daily Press: Emergency services at the scene of the incident at Old HunstantonEmergency services at the scene of the incident at Old Hunstanton (Image: Chris Bishop)

Police, coastguard, firefighters and the Hunstanton RNLI hovercraft also attended the incident.

Eastern Daily Press: Coastguards at the cliffs at Old Hunstanton, after a man fell and suffered serious injuriesCoastguards at the cliffs at Old Hunstanton, after a man fell and suffered serious injuries (Image: Chris Bishop)

A police spokesman said: "Police were called at 9.15am this morning to reports a man had fallen from the clifftop in Hunstanton. The man has suffered serious injuries and has been taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital by air ambulance."