The site of an unmanned Second World War roadblock constructed to protect the landward end of a slipway situated at the junction of Canterbury Road and Marine Terrace in Margate in mid 1940 to counter the threat of German Invasion and recorded in the war diaries of 198 Infantry Brigade – Ref: WO166/1051. (1)

This Second World War roadblock could be seen on RAF/HLA/540 RV 6007 17-MAY-1942, later seen to have been removed on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021. The site appeared as a row of six concrete anti-tank cubes forming the road block at the landward end of the access to the beach below the sea wall and a row of four cubes blocking the entrance to the slipway leading to the open-air bathing pool on the beach. These features were mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. (2-3)

<1> 198 Infantry Brigade, 1940, War Diary 198 Infantry Brigade WO166/1051 October 1940 (Unpublished document). SKE31619.

<2> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs, RAF/HLA/540 RV 6007 17-MAY-1942 (Archive). SKE57101.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021 (Archive). SKE57110.