Sun, sea, sand and safety go hand in hand on the Essex Sunshine Coast

Every year thousands of visitors come to our resorts at Clacton, Frinton, Walton, Dovercourt and Brightlingsea and we employ a team of seasonal Wardens and Beach Patrollers dedicated to keeping the seafront areas as enjoyable for you as possible. Our Seafront Team are a font of seafront knowledge and can advise you on safety issues, tides, local and general information. To check out when the Beach Patrol Team are on duty during the summer season please click on the following link Beach Patrol Weekly Cover Schedule 2011. The Clacton Beach Office telephone number is 01255 423380 and is open on the days shown on the Schedule.

Our Seafront Team inspect the life saving equipment daily and inspect the seafront for any hazards and damage to property so that you can have an pleasant and safe time on the seafronts.

First Aid is available on a daily basis during the season, all wardens carry first aid kits whilst on patrol, and the boathouses and patrol boats have first aid kits. Our staff are well trained and we are prepared for (almost) anything!

Child Safety - A colour coded 'wrist band' scheme operates in Clacton, Frinton and Walton and is free to the public - last season our Seafront Team helped to reunite 89 missing children with their relieved parents!

Visit our Beach Safety page to learn how you can stay safe on the beach this summer!

By the end of the season our staff will have dealt with over 1000 incidents, and will be looking forward to a well-earned break! Click on the link to find out the types of incidents that they deal with (examples shown are from our 2010 summer season): Situations dealt with by Seafront Team Summer 2010

(Some of the links on this page will open pdf documents and you will need the free adobe acrobat reader software to open them).