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 22 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.

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 2009 summer season): Beach patrol incidents summer 2009 (the link will open a pdf document and you will need the free adobe acrobat reader software to open it.