Coastal Walking

Thorpe Bay is the wealthier suburb of Southend-on-Sea, and the prices of the beach huts which line the front illustrates this – websites advertise huts for sale at prices between £21,000 and £24,500. Many seem to be large and plush, standing on stilts so as to avoid the tide, which comes in right up to the seawall and laps underneath them. Many have verandas and other features.

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