Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, England | Natural beauty | sea
Littlestone-on-Sea is a small coastal village close to New Romney, Kent. Started in the 1880's by Sir Robert Perks, as a resort for the gentry, at the point of the local lifeboat station. At low tide a WWII 'Mulberry Harbour' is visible and along the coast there is a P.L.U.T.O. or Pipe Line Under The Ocean, formerly used to carry petrol across to France during the D-Day landings.
Littlestone Beach, Kent
Littlestone, Kent, UK
Dymchurch, Littlestone & Greatstone in Kent - British shore fishing spots, South East Coast, Britain
Dymchurch, Littlestone-on-Sea and Greatstone-on-Sea - British shore fishing locations.
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English South Coast shore fishing marks.
Pirate Springs, Littlestone Wall and Taylor Road are all included in this video.
Set within St Mary's Bay, these marks provide less crowded options to the nearby Dungeness.
They are all sandy, flat and shallow marks that see less anglers on the beach than the popular - and sometimes snaggy - marks in front of the Dungeness power station, just down the coastal road.
Littlestone-on-Sea, 1930's. Archive film 62042
Amateur home movie film. Littlestone On Sea, Kent
The early years of the youngest daughter of the Oxley family with the birth of her younger sister. Standard fare showing the child at play.
A young girl builds a sandcastle. A man possibly her father has carved a large hole out of a sandbush on the wall. The little girl appears from a small house, similar to a seaside hut with two small curtains. Pebbled beach. Young boys and girls have separate races, as their parents look on. The young girl plays on the lawn with a man smoking a cigarette from a holder. An adolescent girl and boy hit a tennis ball with rackets which is attached to a stationary vertical pole. Waves crash onto a beach. Our couple get into their Rolls Royce car. In the immediate background we can see a hotel with words celtic En Pension House. This could suggest we are in France rather than England (2.10). The young girl plays with her nanny. She brushes the doorstep outside her home. Her younger new born daughter is brought out. The young girl plays with a toy cat. She crawls on the floor. Her toys marching dolls, toy dogs and cats are lined up. Two panning shots of this, the young girl baby her on her back. A servant guides the young girl on her bike. Her mother brushes her hair. She plays with a large doll house in her garden, opening the door and removing furniture. A servant removes or takes the baby out of a pram as her younger sister looks on. Distinctive uniform worn by the servant. Young girls plays on her tricycle
Littlestone Hotel - New Romney - Kent - UK
Littlestone Hotel - New Romney - Kent - UK
Littlestone Coastal Panoramas - Looking from Dungeness to Dover
A Coastal Panorama Looking from Dungeness (on the right) towards Dover
Littlestone , Kent, UK.
Littlestone
Brief walk around Littlestone, Kent.
Littlestone Beach
via YouTube Capture
Kayaking to the Mulberry Harbour - Littlestone on Sea
kayaking out to the mulberry harbour on a late summers morning in Littlestone on sea - Kent.
Dymchurch Beach.
We visit beautiful Dymchurch sand beach. With my family and friends on 17-06-2017
sea dredger of littlestone
shingle being put on to littlestone beach
Mulberry Harbour Littlestone
A Mulberry harbour was a portable temporary harbour developed by the British in World War II to facilitate rapid offloading of cargo onto the beaches during the Allied invasion of Normandy
DYMCHURCH BEACH,SOUTH EAST LONDON,KENT UK ||
History
The history of Dymchurch began with the gradual build-up of the Romney Marsh.[2]
New Hall was rebuilt in 1575 after an earlier wooden structure was destroyed in a fire. It was used as a court room for the Romney Marsh area. The head magistrate was known as Leveller of the Marsh Scotts. It was there that the so-called Scot tax[3] was introduced, levied on residents to fund maintenance of the sea wall. Those directly outside the boundaries and thus not eligible for the tax were said to have got away Scott Free. Residents with land were required to grow thorn bushes for building of the wall, as thorn twigs were believed impervious to sea water. Failure resulted in an ear being cut off.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, smuggling was rife all along the south-east coast of England. Due to its remote location, Romney Marsh and the surrounding areas were amongst the busiest locations for illicit trade. Inspiration from this gave rise to Dymchurch being the setting of the Doctor Syn novels, based on smuggling, by Russell Thorndike. Every two years a celebration of the novels is held, usually on August Bank Holiday.
Dymchurch played a significant rôle in the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790), which linked the Royal Greenwich Observatory with the Paris Observatory using trigonometry. There were two base-lines for the English part of the survey, on Hounslow Heath and on Romney Marsh. The Romney Marsh base-line extended from Ruckinge to High Nook, on the sea-wall near Dymchurch.
Dymchurch Martello towers
Main article: Martello tower
Several Martello towers were built in the nineteenth century as part of an Empire-wide coastal defence programme: most have since fallen into the sea or become dilapidated. Tower 23 was restored externally in the early 1970s and is currently a private residence. Tower 24 has undergone renovation and using Tower 23 used as a guide: in 1969 it became the first Martello tower to be opened to the public and remains as a museum of Martello Towers, owned by English Heritage. Tower 25 is possibly the only empty tower that is regularly maintained.[4]
Dymchurch Redoubt
Main article: Dymchurch Redoubt
Two redoubt forts were constructed into the south coast Martello chain to act as supply depots for the local Martellos, and were originally described as eleven-gun towers. A four-gun tower was originally proposed at Dymchurch, but this idea was revised at the Rochester conference of 1804. Dymchurch Redoubt was built between 1806 and 1809 to the same specifications as its Eastbourne counterpart, although Dymchurch does not have any caponiers. A caponier is a type of fortification structure. The word originates from the French word caponnière. It is a type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress.
Littlestone-on-sea RNLI lifeboat.
Launching on exercise with 3 crew and 2 assessors on board. Monday 26th January 2015. Relief atlantic B771.
Greatstone Beach
Greatstone Beach and Dunes
Littlestone on a windy day
With dad at the beach. He's not tied to the wheelchair... the scarf stops his feet slipping off the footplates! And yes, I'm blaming the wind for missing my landing spot on the rock!
Littlestone Drone
Fly over the Championship Links at Littlestone Golf Club
On board The Skerry Belle out of Ramsgate Kent UK
Fishing out of the Kent marina at Ramsgate on board the charter boat the Skerry Belle with skipper owner Roger Lennon. All the details of what Ramsgate has to offer anglers and details hints and tips on downtide and uptide fishing plus how to use a baiting needle along with pennel rigs. Examples of Bass, Cod, Rays, Tope recently taken in the area off Ramsgate.
A rather windy Littlestone
Littlestone beach
A rather windy Littlestone
Littlestone beach