Littlestone-on-Sea

Littlestone
Littlestone beach
Littlestone is located in Kent
Littlestone
Littlestone
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTR066249
Civil parish
  • New Romney
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNew Romney
Postcode districtTN28
Dialling code01797
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Kent
50°58′51″N 0°57′51″E / 50.98075°N 0.96415°E / 50.98075; 0.96415
Littlestone on Sea 3D

Littlestone-on-Sea is a small coastal village in the parish of New Romney in Kent, England. It was established in the 1880s by Sir Robert Perks as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local lifeboat station.[1]

At low tide, a World War II Mulberry Harbour Phoenix breakwater is visible along the coast; the caisson was unable to be refloated as part of the post D-Day harbour construction in Normandy, so was abandoned.

The nature of the Phoenix breakwaters meant they were constructed and sunk until needed (so as to be invisible to air attack); by design they would have had the water evacuated by Royal Engineers and then been towed to France where they would have become part of the harbour. There is a P.L.U.T.O. or Pipe Line Under The Ocean, station, formerly used to carry petrol across to France during the D-Day landings.

  1. ^ Littlestone Kent Archived 2006-12-31 at the Wayback Machine www.villagenet.co.uk