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044: Platinum Jubilee Pageant - Essex By The Sea
Royalty and the sea have deep connections to each other. For past jubilees boat pageants and naval reviews have taken place to celebrate the occassion. In 2022 for HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, a boat pageant is set to … -
043: Going Up In The World - Essex By The Sea
Southend is not only home to the world's longest pleasure pier, but it's also home to the UK's shortest funicular railway. Unusually for a funicular railway, the cliff lift at Southend has just the one car to take you on a… -
042: Burnham's Lifeboat - Essex By The Sea
Burnham-on-Crouch is home to one of the first floating lifeboat stations. The RNLI have a base in Burnham yacht marina, with volunteers called out to all sorts of shouts from people in difficulty along the Essex coast as w… -
041: The Naze Is Under Threat - Essex By The Sea
The Naze could be gone within the next few years. That's the prediction of David Eagle who is the acting Chairman of The Naze Protection Society. The society is aiming to slow the coastal errosion taking… -
040: Messing About On The River - Essex By The Sea
Up and down the coast of Essex hundreds of people belong to rowing clubs. Some of these boats were even made on the Essex coast as well. The WivGigs Rowing club are based in Wivenhoe on the River Colne and can be found reg… -
039: The Mayflower & Harwich - Essex By The Sea
Over 400 years ago a small ship set sail from Harwich on a voyage to the new world. The Mayflower left Harwich with a number of sailors from the town aboard, before eventually sailing to Massachusetts where the pilgrims wr… -
038: Hotels Become Hospitals
During the early 1900's Southend was booming. Tourists were visiting for day trips, while Southend and surrounding villages were expanding as more people moved to the area and commuted to work. But then when war … -
037: The Sounds Of The Coast
The Essex coastline is extreamly varied and it's not just Essex By The Sea exploring what it has to offer. Radio Lento is a podcast series created by Madeleine Sugden and Hugh Huddy. They record soundscapes which are perfe… -
036: Essex's First Coastguard? - Essex By The Sea
2022 marks the 200th anniversary of HM Coastguard, and one of the country's first was based on the Essex coast. Stephen Robert Kuta has spent years researching his family history. One of his relations is among th… -
035: Let There Be Light - Essex By The Sea
Southend-on-Sea is set to host an amazing light display which will lauch a series of events to mark the Essex coastal town being made into a city. Nine large-scale light installations from around the world will transform S…
Essex By The Sea
By Owen Ward
The Essex By The Sea podcast is a twice monthly podcast telling the stories of the Essex coastline. From industrial areas in the south to sandy beaches on the county's sunshine coast in the north, Essex has a rich and varied boundary with the sea. Essex By The Sea explores all of the 350 miles of coastal Essex.
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