Canvey Island: Sea defence wall and Eastern Esplanade

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Canvey Island: Sea defence wall and Eastern Esplanade by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.

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Canvey Island: Sea defence wall and Eastern Esplanade

Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Mar 2011

The grassy area is the landward slope of the massive sea defence wall to the right. Only the occupants of the highest floor of the new residential properties on the left get the opportunity to see over the wall to the Thames estuary beyond.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.512904
Longitude
0.601871