[3] This site exposes a sequence of marine estuary and freshwater deposits dating to the warm Eemian interglacial.

The site has fossils of fauna dating to the early Eemian around 130 thousand years ago, such as straight-tusked elephant, an extinct species of rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus hemitoechus, European pond tortoise, beaver and horse.

[4] This long expanse of shingle is divided by wooden groyne.

The Beach has a walkable sea defence interspersed with benches.

It is this beach view that inspired the composer Eric Coates to write By the Sleepy Lagoon which became the theme to Desert Island Discs