AN INQUEST was due to be opened at Barrow Town Hall yesterday afternoon, Thursday, into the death of a Lindale man whose body was discovered at a popular beauty spot.

A local woman found the body of Martin Bennett, 48, of Lyngarth, in a car parked on the beach off Humphrey Head, Allithwaite, shortly after 10am on Monday.

Police said Mr Bennett is a married man with a family.