Littlestone Golf Course (MU 18/3)

The continuous concrete wall consists of a low rear concrete sill, a concrete horizontal pavement, and a mass concrete wave return fronted by another pavement. The upper pavement and rear wall are extensively cracked. There is also extensive spalling of the upper face and crest of the concrete return. Extensive repairs have taken place at the wall joints. The crest of the wall is at about 6.7mOD while the apron (on which the waves impact) is 6.3mOD.

A made up road runs to a hotel at the southern end of the golf course and then extends northwards to Pirate Springs (18/4) as an unmetalled track. The concrete paved roadway in the southern part is immediately landward of the wall. Extensive resurfacing suggest that wave overtopping has occurred. The road provides access between the Littlestone-on-Sea and St Mary's Bay for beach users, and on occasion for renourishment of the beach and repair of the walls.

The shingle beach in front of the wall is at a high level and only the seaward ends of the timber groynes are exposed. These are in a near derelict state. Large quantities of shingle are deposited by wave and tidal action on the lower pavement of the wall.

Extensive cracking of the return wall, where it incorporates access steps onto the lower pavement, indicates horizontal movement. This damage does not affect the lower apron. Recent patching of the concrete pavement above these steps indicates some structural damage, possibly a minor breach at this point.

Northwards at the Warren there has been some vertical settlement, affecting both the recurved part of the wall and the rear wall. There is extensive spalling at the front and rear wall joints and uplifting of some of the concrete panels on the upper pavement.