Lee-over-Sands

Lee-over-Sands is a small coastal hamlet in the civil parish of St Osyth, in the Tendring district of Essex, England.

Colne Point Nature Reserve, a shingle ridge enclosing a saltmarsh, is to the west of the hamlet on the site of a World War I gravel works.

[1][3] Jaywick Martello Tower is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east of Lee-over-Sands.

[6][7] Thirty-seven people died in nearby Jaywick, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Lee-over-Sands.

[8] In January 2017 following a threat of coastal flooding,[9][10] an evacuation of 2,500 homes in Lee-over-Sands and nearby Jaywick was planned, but in the event not required.

The seaward side of houses on Beach Road