Marine Point to Marine Walk (MU 20/12- 20/13)

The defences along this frontage are typically made up of a stone-faced concrete wall with a concrete apron fronted by a narrow shingle beach with rail/timber groynes. Beach levels are very low in this section and as such allow large waves to break directly onto the seawall, which results in the wall being overtopped almost every spring tide.

The alignment of the frontage in this area makes it very difficult to maintain a healthy beach and as such the defences here are substantial. The seawall that runs between Mill Point and the beginning of the Rotunda beach is a stepped and recurved concrete structure. Along the majority of this frontage the low shingle beach is held by rail/timber groynes, which have now reached the end of their useful life.

There are two rock fishtail groynes in front of the Leas Cliff Hall and although these have caused localised beach stabilisation, beach levels continue to fall in the remainder of this section. This has resulted in the continued deterioration of the seawall.

East of the fishtail groynes, rock armour has been added for protection against toe scour, although the mass of these rocks is insufficient to provide stable protection under extreme events.

At the western end of this frontage there is an area of rock, known as Mill Point which is exposed at low tide and is approximately 1km west of Folkestone harbour arm. The area comprises two rocky outcrops, which are the only natural hard substrate in approximately 2.5 km of coastline before Copt Point and the Warren SSSI to the east of Folkestone. Although Mill Point is not designated under any national or local conservation regulations, it has been identified as an area of local interest.