A popular tourist spot is set to close to visitors for “essential works”.

Folkestone Harbour Arm and all of its businesses will shut for one day while power network upgrades take place.

The closure will take place from 7am to 6pm on Tuesday, May 13 and reopen as normal the following day.

It will include the Goods Yard as well as the platforms and the walkway on the outer harbour arm, including the sea wall.

The work will see an electricity transformer which powers the whole site replaced.

Later this month, to celebrate a decade of Folkestone Harbour Arm as a visitor destination, bosses are organising a series of free events over 10 days during the May half term.

The tourist attraction now welcomes millions of visitors each year.

It has been transformed from the derelict former ferry terminal and dilapidated railway station that once served the port, which saw its final cross-channel service depart in 2000.

But in February, KentOnline revealed how bosses had warned access to the harbour arm could be cut off if hundreds of new homes are not built there.

Controversial plans from multimillionaire Sir Roger De Haan - chair of Folkestone Harbour & Seafront Development Company (FHSDC) - for tower blocks on the site’s car park were snubbed by councillors in January - despite being recommended for approval.

FHSDC swiftly submitted revised proposals and a cover letter for the application, written by estate agents Savills, says access to the harbour arm “as an amenity for the enjoyment of the public” is predicated on the housing getting the green light.

A decision on the fresh plans is yet to be made.