FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE

The Essex Seaside

Photographs and stories from Mark Seton’s continuing photographic journal.

Canvey Island

January 2, 2021

About 4 years ago I visited Canvey Island for the first time and really enjoyed walking around its town and its Industrial area. I had

March 2, 2019

I spent an incredibly blowy afternoon walking amongst the boats at Thorpe Bay this afternoon. I had hoped to be able to get some nice

January 31, 2019

I had a couple of pictures I wanted to go out and get last weekend of the lighthouse over at Dovercourt. It’s an hours drive

May 13, 2017

Visited Walton on the Naze again today to shoot the Pill Boxes slowly being consumed by the North Sea. More images below…

March 4, 2017

I popped over to Walton on the Naze this afternoon to try and photograph the old pill boxes and bunkers that have fallen into the

February 18, 2016

This week’s jaunt was a quick drive down to Canvey Island, just down the coast from Southend, home of Calor Gas and Dr Feelgood…it’s a

January 18, 2016

I visited Maldon on Saturday around sunset…a good time of year to visit as all the kiddies fairground and paddling pools are closed down so,

November 12, 2014

This was a bit odd as it didn’t appear to be raining anywhere, indeed there were very few clouds around at all, as you can

November 10, 2014

Looking down into the sea at Manningtree from the top of these stairs did not look anything like this…I think browny grey would be a

October 18, 2014

I took a drive across to Walton on the Naze today. When I arrived it was completely overcast and starting to rain. After a rather