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Woodrolfe Road, MALDON, CM9 8SE

Old wooden Bawley on the hard at Tollesbury.

Looking across the marshes to West Mersea with the Fellowship Afloat lightship in foreground.

Raised wooden buildings at Tollesbury Marina in Essex.

The path to the right runs along the top of a flood defence wall. When there is the threat of flood, a solid metal gate can close the road, forming a barrier between the concrete walls. The marina is a base for sailing.

The nearest building is a café called The Loft. The road past it and the others floods at high tide, which is the reason they were built raised off the ground.

This is the footpath from the Marina. Note the apartment blocks on the left are designed to complement the traditional sail lofts. However as a sensible precaution they have concrete garages on the lower floor. There has to be at least three metres of flooding before the living accommodation gets wet.

The restoration of the four Edwardian yacht stores at Tollesbury was completed in 1985. The work was initiated by the Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust and provided much-needed employment and training for local adults. The formal unveiling of a plaque (on the furthest of the four buildings in this photo) was undertaken on 24 May 1985 by Bryan Nicholson, then Chairman of the Manpower Services Commission, which provided much of the funding. Further donations were received from charitable trusts, individuals and suppliers of materials. The yacht stores were built in the early 1900s to house sails and spares for the great J-class yachts which were owned by wealthy Edwardians and skippered around the Mediterranean by men from Tollesbury. The most well known of these yachts, 'Flying'. was entered by Tommy Sopwith in the America's Cup. The renovation has won a local design and conservation award.

A public salt water lido.