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Clacton Martello Tower Beach Photos

Essex, England

Beach Services

Uploader's Comments

I really liked the toy library posts they had along the beach at Clacton-on-Sea, both conceptually and the lovely colourful handprinted boxes. I liked the huts too, so this combo was too good a photo op not to take.

I have to confess I was also taken in by the pale, slightly overexposed, pastel colour cliché, but Clacton had that vibe: a lot of the beach huts had wonderful pastel paint schemes, and the lighting was again that British "the sun is somewhere just behind the cloud" bright but pale look.

Uploaded to Flickr by Michael Dales on 2 August 2022

Creative Commons License Photo © Michael Dales, 2 August 2022. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence

Location: Clacton-on-Sea

Location type: Urban

OS Grid: TM167137

Coordinates: 51°46'49"N 1°8'25"E

Mapcode: GBR TR5.769

What 3 Words: refrained.aware.puddles

Coordinates and location codes are for an approximate mid-point of the beach, and may not reflect the best access point or the most popular part of the beach.

County: Essex

Country: England

Local Authority: Tendring

Nearest postcode: CO15 1XJ

(for sat-nav purposes only, a beach does not have a postal address!)

'Beach Services' - a photo of Clacton Martello Tower Beach

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