Copt Point
FolkestoneA low headland at the end of the East Cliff beaches, where the clay foreshore gives up fossils and the coast stretches away to the east.
Get directionsViewpointTime here: 20–30 min
On the map
Wear Bay Road, Folkestone, CT19 6PY
Quick facts
Its foreshore is Gault Clay, laid down about 105–110 million years ago.
Winter storms wash out ammonites that still keep their mother-of-pearl shell.
A Martello tower, built against a Napoleonic invasion, stands on the hill above.
Address
Wear Bay Road, Folkestone, CT19 6PY
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