Littlestone

13.8°C Water temp · May 5

United Kingdom Coastal 4 - Poor 13.8°C

Littlestone-on-Sea is a resort beach in the middle of a 20 kilometre (km) stretch of beach in Hythe Bay, Kent. Hythe Bay stretches from Folkestone down to the headland of Dungeness. The bathing water is a steeply shelving shingle bank with sand dunes at the southern edge. Wide shallow sand and mud flats are exposed at low tide, resulting in a long distance to the sea. Fine sediments suspended in the water column leave the water cloudy at times.

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Water

Coastal bathing water

Location

Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, Folkestone and Hythe District

Season

Designated bathing water since 1988. Official monitoring season runs from May to September.

Water Quality

Poor (2025). Assessed under rBWD

Risks

Queen's Road storm overflow discharges into the local marsh drainage system, which then discharges onto the beach via an outfall 200 metres south of the bathing water sampling point. Discharges from this storm overflow occurs when heavy rainfall overwhelms the sewerage system and causes diluted sewage to overflow.