Maplin Sands
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The Maplin Sands are mudflats on the northern bank of the Thames estuary, off Foulness Island, near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, though they actually lie within the neighbouring borough of Rochf
A walker on the Broomway, an ancient trackway which runs along the foreshore of Maplin Sands
Maplin Screw Pile Lighthouse
Maplin sand lighthouse as per drawing by José Eugenio Ribera.
Maplin Sands screw-pile lighthouse (drawing published by Alexander Mitchell & Son in 1848)
Wyre Light
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The Wyre Light was a 40-foot tall iron screw-pile lighthouse marking the navigation channel to the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. As of 27th December 2025 on the clearest day possible the lig
Maplin Sands
…of Trinity House. It was the first screwpile lighthouse ever to be designed. Although construction of the Maplin Sands Light had started before the Wyre Light in Fleetwood, Lancashire, the latter was completed first, as it was built in a much shorter period of time. Excessive scouring of the Thames by the…
1840 elevation drawing of Wyre Light
The derelict Wyre Light in 2007
St.Michael's on Wyre Church geograph.org.uk 1778054
Windmill at Marsh Mill geograph.org.uk 1534156