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Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches 19 October 2012

Here Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches September 2012 I posted about what had been happening over the summer since July when Mike Badger wrote to beach hut owners at Holland Haven to say steps were going to be removed as the … Continue reading

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Holland-on-Sea and Tendring Beaches September 2012

In July 2012 Mike Badger of Tendring District Council wrote to beach hut owners at Holland Haven saying the sea wall, which had been assessed as “marginally stable” in 2011, had been inspected again in late June 2012 revealing “irregularities … Continue reading

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Broken Groynes Mean Poor Beach At Holland-on-Sea Even At Low Tide

There was a particularly low tide on 9 May 2012.  Here is how the beach looked at 8:30am at Walton-on-the-Naze. The sea is a long way from the Albion groyne, probably about 30 yards. At Holland Haven around 9am the … 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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