St Marys Bay lies on the south east coast of the Romney Marsh , between the villages of Littlestone and Dymchurch. It is a modern 1900's village which catered for the boom in seaside holidays in the 1920's. On the 16th July 1927, the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was opened, which stretches for nearly 14 miles from Hythe through Dymchurch, St Marys Bay and its base at New Romney to the fishermens cottages and lighthouses at Dungeness . The railway was built by Captain J. E. P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski to serve the local population and tourist trade. The stop at St Marys Bay was known as Holiday Camp but changed its name to St. Mary's Bay to sound more suitable for holidaymakers. Out to sea, lies a section of the Concrete Mulberry Harbour built during 1944 for the Dunkirk landings in the Second World War. This section became detached from its tug and drifted back to St Marys Bay . With the advent of package holidays the UK holiday camps have been slowly shutting down, and St Marys Bay is no exception, its heyday was in the 1960's.

Services

St Marys Bay has the usual shops and amusements found at holiday resorts. The nearest main shops are at Hythe about 4 miles to the east and Folkestone a further 2 miles.

Views

St Marys Bay lies on the Dymchurch wall sea defences, and has fine views to the White Cliffs at Folkestone to the east and to Dungeness to the west. The village is fairly modern and caters for the visitors who come to stay and take in the sand and sea. The beach is provides safe bathing for most people with its deep sandy beach that goes out over 1/2 mile at low tide.