Mersea Island Beach Survey by Bill Read March 2002
Plate 7 Western end of Victoria Esplanade

The frontage of Victoria Esplanade is groyned. Plates 6 and 7 show the easternmost and westernmost groynes respectively. Comparing the two photographs shows that erosion is worst at the eastern end of the frontage.
Plate 7 shows the tendency for down-drift erosion west of the groyne system, but beyond that the beach accretes to form another ness in the vicinityh of Shears Court.
Date: 6 February 2002