Folkestone to Cliff End flood risk management strategy
Updated 6 April 2021
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The Folkestone to Cliff End Strategy (FoCES) was approved by Defra in 2010. It sets out our plans to manage flood and erosion risks along the Romney Marsh coastline over the next 100 years, taking the predicted impacts of climate change into account.
Much of Romney Marsh is below the present day high tide level, and 14,500 homes, 700 businesses and nationally important, critical infrastructure are at risk of flooding. The strategy identified how we can improve the existing defences to reduce flood risk to Romney Marsh to a 0.5% chance in any year.
Several flood defence projects around Romney Marsh have already been completed at a value of £155 million (see map below). These include new defences on the western bank of the tidal River Rother (2007), a new seawall and rock revetment at Dymchurch (2011) and a 0.7 kilometre groyne field with shingle and a 1.8 kilometre rock revetment and concrete wave wall at Broomhill Sands (2016). The Hythe Ranges sea defences have now also been completed during winter 2020/21.
Map shows complete and ongoing flood schemes designed to reduce flood risks to properties for the
To ensure that tidal flood risk is reduced for the entire area, further schemes are being constructed. These include: