The Naze

The marshes of Hamford Water behind the town are also of ornithological interest, with wintering ducks and brent geese.

[1] The tall brick Naze Tower on the highest point was a light-house, and was built up to its present height in 1796.

In the 2nd World War a Chain Home Low radar station was built on the Naze to track German warships and low-flying aircraft, and extended in 1942 to include the old tower.

The Naze has become popular for school fieldwork into erosion and methods to protect the coast.

If this is not done the revetments will be outflanked and erosion will break through and rapidly erode the cliff in front of the tower.