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Holland Brook – What Would Be The Effect Of Breaching Sea Wall At Holland Haven

This map shows that Holland Brook reaches as far the A120 near Horsley Cross. View Larger Map This larger scale map shows how Holland Brook runs very close to the railway line at Thorpe-le-Soken, even running under the line at … Continue reading

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Groynes And Beaches At Walton Frinton And Holland-on-Sea

There are clear differences between the beaches at Walton, Frinton, Holland and Clacton. There are also differences at different sections of the beach at Walton and Holland. A FOI request revealed that 4 times more has been spent repairing the … Continue reading

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Repaired Groynes At Holland On Sea

I reported the results of FOI request to TDC to find out how much had been spent repairing groynes (or breakwaters) in Frinton, Holland and Walton This didn’t tell me which groynes had been repaired.  So I made another FOI … Continue reading

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Money Spent On Wooden Groynes At Holland-on-Sea, Walton-on-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea Since 2004

I have blogged about the state of wooden groynes (or breakwaters) at Holland-on-Sea compared to Walton Frinton Clacton south of the pier The groynes at Holland seem to have been totally neglected and as a result the level of the … Continue reading

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Snow On Beach At Walton Shows Sea Doesn’t Reach Sea Wall At High Tide

Snow fell in Tendring on the night of 4/5 February 2012. This picture of the beach at Walton-on-Naze was taken about 8:30am on 6 February, so there had been at least 2 high tides since the snow fell. And this … Continue reading

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The Cost Of Not Maintaining The Breakwaters At Holland-On-Sea

On 27 February 2011 Matt Cooper made a FOI request to Tendring District Council asking The total money invested into coastal defenses in the past 10 years The major coastal defense schemes initiated in the past 10 years You can … Continue reading

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Holland-On-Sea Beach Then And Now

After posting photographs of the beach on Holland-On-Sea I have been sent some photographs from a few decades ago. At Holland Haven looking south.  It is clear that the level of sand is much lower, at a guess may be … Continue reading

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