Walton-on-the-Naze is a small town in Essex, England, on the North Sea shore in the Tendring District. It is north of Clacton as well as southern of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, as well as becomes part of the parish of Frinton as well as Walton. It is a resort community, with a population of 12,054 (according to the 2011 census). The town is in the civil parish of Frinton and also Walton. It brings in several site visitors, The Naze being the piece de resistance. There is additionally a pier. The church was earlier referred to as Eadolfenaesse and then as Walton-le-Soken. The name 'Walton' is a common one suggesting a 'farmstead or village of the Britons', while 'Soken' signifies the soke (a location of unique territory) that consisted of 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 team and also homes Thames MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), organising 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 many fossils to be found. Some rocks are up to 50 million years of ages. Rocks include red crag and also London clay.