Beach Pillboxes

Beach Pillboxes is in Frinton and Walton, Tendring District, England. Beach Pillboxes is situated nearby to Naze Tower, as well as near the playground Jubilee Field Play Area.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naze Tower and John Weston Nature Reserve.

Naze Tower

Tower

Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Hanoverian tower, more commonly known as the Naze Tower, is situated at the start of the open area of the Naze. It was a navigational tower, constructed to assist ships on this otherwise fairly feature-less coast.

John Weston Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

John Weston Nature Reserve is a 3.6-hectare nature reserve north of Walton-on-the-Naze in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This site is named after its former warden, who died in 1984.

Walton Maritime Museum

Museum

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Walton Maritime Museum is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Beach Pillboxes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Naze and Walton-on-the-Naze.

The Naze

Locality

Photo: Jynto, Public domain.

The Naze is a headland on the east coast of England. It is on the coast of Essex just north of Blackwater and projects into the North Sea. This area is south of the double estuary of the River Stour and River Orwell at Harwich and just north of the town of Walton-on-the-Naze.

Walton-on-the-Naze

Town

Photo: Sannse, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Frinton-on-Sea is a small seaside town in the Tendring district of Essex. It had an estimated population of 4,800 in 2016. It is part of the Parish of Frinton and Walton.

Frinton-on-Sea

Photo: Jane White, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Frinton-on-Sea is a small seaside town in the Tendring district of Essex. It had an estimated population of 4,800 in 2016. It is part of the Parish of Frinton and Walton.

Beach Pillboxes

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Frinton and Walton, Tendring District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.86387° or 51° 51′ 50″ north

Longitude

1.28863° or 1° 17′ 19″ east

Open location code

9F33V77Q+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13708168201

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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