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Rainham Way, FRINTON-ON-SEA, CO13 9NP

Looking north east from the bridge on Central Avenue.

These are Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica), you can distinguish between them and the Native Bluebell Image as they are taller paler and have less scent. However the most distinguishing feature is that they have flowers all round the stem whereas the natives have flowers on one side only and tend bow down on one side. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/british-natural-history/survey-bluebells/bluebell-identification/index.html these were in Pedlars Wood Nature Reserve Image

Pedlars Wood is a small nature reserve in Frinton on Sea. It has two parts either side of Central Avenue the western half is open to the public the eastern piece has an educational trail and is open by appointment only. In the background you can see the Spanish version of the Bluebell Image these are hybridising with our native Bluebell Image giving cause for concern that the British native may become extinct.

On the corner of Audley Way and The Leas.

The last section of clifftop road in Frinton when heading towards Walton. An inland route is needed to get from one to the other. There seems no physical obstacle, just a matter of land ownership.

Photo taken from the cliff top at Cliff Way Frinton on sea looking NE to the Pier

This memorial stone can be found at The Leas CO13 9NN between Audley Way and Central Avenue. It was erected by Essex Police in the mid-1980s and says "Here Fell PC Brian Bishop 22nd August 1984". The North Sea can be seen behind the memorial.

This is a memorial to Acting Police Sergeant Brian Bishop. The stone reads, "HERE FELL PC BRIAN BISHOP 22ND AUGUST 1984" A plaque on the seaward side reads "BRIAN BISHOP A MEMBER OF THE ESSEX POLICE TACTICAL FIREARMS GROUP WAS CALLED HERE TO AWAIT THE RETURN OF AN ARMED ROBBER, TO COLLECT STOLEN MONEY WHICH HE HAD HIDDEN FOLLOWING POST OFFICE RAIDS IN WALTON AND FRINTON BRIAN CHALLENGED THE SUSPECT WHO IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE CAUSING EXTENSIVE HEAD INJURIES FROM WHICH BRIAN SUBSEQUENTLY DIED A MAN WAS CONVICTED OF HIS MURDER You can read about Brian Bishop here http://www.essex.police.uk/memorial/roll-of-honour.php?rollOfHonourId=7 This memorial, funded by the Police Memorial Trust, was placed here in 1986 and was the first of its kind to be set up outside London. It is difficult to imagine a crime of violence disturbing the peace of this quiet spot but this stone is a sobering reminder of the dangers police officers face every day in the course of their duties. This photograph was taken 25 years almost to the day, after the murder of PC Brian Bishop; there are flowers placed next to the stone and a local passer-by stopped and spoke to us about it. The memorial is serving its purpose: people have not forgotten.

Walton Pier is beyond.