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Sterns_20160514.jpg|The cap of the 150 foot retaining wall alongside Sterns Cottage
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===2014===
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Sterns_20140316.jpg|Dip in the line seen from the DMU
Sterns_2_20150228.jpg|Evidence of 2014 repair work is still visible in 2015
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===2020-2023===
In spring of 2022 Walsh and SVR staff undertook a further project. A deep area of ballast had developed from successive tamping over the years. 300 cubic metres of embankment comprising around 150 tonnes of ballast and 650 tonnes of fill material were replaced with around 400 tonnes of Leca (lightweight expanded clay aggregate) and 40-60 tonnes of ballast, at a total cost of £81,209.<ref>SVRH Report and accounts up to 2 January 2023</ref> This reduced the weight on the embankment, thereby lessening the progressive movement.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blfeb22 Branch Lines, February 2022] (Retrieved 7 March 2021)</ref>
Both projects are were hoped to mitigate the problems, but neither is was intended to provide a lasting solution.
Electronic ‘tilt monitoring’ 'tilt monitoring' equipment was fitted in February 2021<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/blmar21 Branch Lines, March 2021] (Retrieved 7 March 2021)</ref>. Following the insolvency of the provider this was taken out of use in 2023.
===2024===
With ground movements continuing to cause concern to the Railway, new tilt monitors were installed in February 2024, together with blue 'ground-alignment markers', to monitor movement in the near-surface soils. In June 2024 specialist contractor 'Ground Investigation Specialists' drilled through the rock to a depth of 23 metres to install new boreholes to monitor the movement more accurately.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljun24 Branch Lines June 2024, ''More concerns at Sterns'']</ref>
<br cleargallery mode=packed heights=200px style="alltext-align:left">Sterns_ground-alignment_markers_20240502.jpg|Ground-alignment markers, May 2024Sterns_borehole_drilling_20240605.jpg|Borehole drilling, June 2024. The 'moving telegraph pole' is to the left.</gallery>
==Speed restrictions==
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File: Sterns_1_20150228.jpg|Another view of the displaced telegraph pole (highlighted)
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