Barker's Marine Hotel, Walton-on-the-Naze
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Barker's Marine Hotel, Walton-on-the-Naze
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 1 Sep 1985
This is a sad sight. The hotel was built in 1829, well before the railway reached Walton, and kick-started the town's development as a resort. In the early days most visitors would have arrived at the nearby pier by steamer. The hotel underwent various changes of name until becoming the Marine Hotel in 1882; the Barker family owned it for many years and added their name on the front. Unfortunately, by the time of this 1985 view it had become unoccupied and derelict; despite its grade II listing it was demolished a few years later. Today the site is occupied by an apartment block, named the Dorlings after one of the earlier names for the hotel.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.848421
Longitude
1.272335