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 as well as south of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, and becomes part of the church of Frinton as well as Walton. It is a resort town, with a population of 12,054 (according to the 2011 census). The town remains in the civil parish of Frinton as well as Walton. It attracts many visitors, The Naze being the piece de resistance. There is also a pier. The church was previously referred to as Eadolfenaesse and afterwards as Walton-le-Soken. The name 'Walton' is a typical one indicating a 'plantation or town of the Britons', while 'Soken' denotes the soke (a location of unique jurisdiction) that consisted of Thorpe, Kirby and also Walton, which were not under the see of London however under the phase of St Paul's Cathedral. Walton has an HM Coastguard group as well as houses Thames MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), organising saves 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 discovered. Some rocks depend on 50 million years old. Rocks consist of red crag and London clay.
