A daredevil who climbed to the top of a 100ft crane in Canterbury and posted the footage on YouTube has been branded reckless by construction site managers.

The young man filmed himself scaling a fence to get into the development in Rhodaus Town where a block of 539 students flats called Palamon Court is being built.

He is seen clambering onto scaffolding and making his way across a roof top to the yellow crane. He then puts on a hi-vis waistcoat, possibly in an attempt to deflect attention from his unauthorised presence.

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But security staff were alerted to the intrusion and the individual was spoken to after he climbed down and the were police informed.

A site manager, who did not want to be named, said: "This is clearly trespass and also a very silly and reckless thing to do.

"It happened on a Sunday when there was no one working but we have 34 CCTV cameras covering the site, alarms and 24 hour security.

“The gate to the crane is kept locked so he climbed up onto scaffolding and stepped across an open gap which is just ludicrous."

He added: "We have a 100% safety record on our sites and the crane is not there as some sort of challenge."

The footage was posted online on February 27 and called Crane Climb Canterbury by a user calling himself Freeridge.

In its description he writes: "Short video exploring the only crane in the city of Canterbury. This active construction site is the new accommodation for Canterbury Christ Church University.

"Purpose of this climb was just to explore and test out my new camera."

In fact, the flats are not being built on behalf on the university which has its own separate on-going development behind the site.

His video also links to other people’s climbing antics around the world.