Walton On The Naze
Walton-on-the-Naze is a village in Essex, England, on the North Sea coastline in the Tendring District. It is north of Clacton and south of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, and also is part of the church of Frinton and Walton. It is a resort town, with a population of 12,054 (according to the 2011 census). The community remains 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 earlier known as Eadolfenaesse and then as Walton-le-Soken. The name 'Walton' is an usual one meaning a 'grange or village of the Britons', while 'Soken' represents the soke (an area of special territory) that consisted of Thorpe, Kirby as well as Walton, which were not under the see of London yet under the phase of St Paul's Cathedral. Walton has an HM Coastguard team as well as homes Thames MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), organising saves from Southwold to Herne Bay. Walton-on-the-Naze railway station is on a branch of the Sunshine Coast Line. Along the shore there are lots of fossils to be located. Some rocks depend on 50 million years old. Rocks include red crag as well as London clay.
