Littlestone-on-Sea
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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]
Littlestone | |
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Littlestone beach | |
Location within Kent | |
OS grid reference | TR066249 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | New Romney |
Postcode district | TN28 |
Dialling code | 01797 |
Police | Kent |
Fire | Kent |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
UK Parliament | |
50.98075°N 0.96415°E / 50.98075; 0.96415 |
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.