Walton On The Naze
Walton-on-the-Naze is a town in Essex, England, on the North Sea coastline in the Tendring District. It is north of Clacton and also south of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, as well as belongs to the church of Frinton and also Walton. It is a resort community, with a population of 12,054 (according to the 2011 census). The community is in the civil parish of Frinton and also Walton. It draws in lots of visitors, The Naze being the piece de resistance. There is also a pier. The church was previously called Eadolfenaesse and afterwards as Walton-le-Soken. The name 'Walton' is an usual one implying a 'farm or town of the Britons', while 'Soken' signifies the soke (an area of special territory) that included Thorpe, Kirby and also Walton, which were not under the see of London yet under the phase of St Paul's Cathedral. Walton has an HM Coastguard group and also houses Thames MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), arranging rescues from Southwold to Herne Bay. Walton-on-the-Naze railway station gets on a branch of the Sunshine Coast Line. Along the shore there are lots of fossils to be located. Some rocks are up to 50 million years old. Rocks include red crag and also London clay.