Walton-on-the-Naze is a small town in Essex, England, on the North Sea coast in the Tendring Area. It is north of Clacton and also south of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, as well as is part of the church of Frinton as well as Walton. It is a resort community, with a population of 12,054 (according to the 2011 census). The town remains in the civil parish of Frinton and also Walton. It brings in lots of visitors, The Naze being the main attraction. There is likewise a pier. The parish was earlier referred to as Eadolfenaesse and afterwards as Walton-le-Soken. The name 'Walton' is a common one implying a 'farmstead or village of the Britons', while 'Soken' denotes 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 chapter of St Paul's Cathedral. Walton has an HM Coastguard group and also residences Thames MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre), organising saves from Southwold to Herne Bay. Walton-on-the-Naze train station is on a branch of the Sunshine Coast Line. Along the coastline there are lots of fossils to be discovered. Some rocks depend on 50 million years old. Rocks consist of red crag and also London clay.