Howbury Moated Site
Moated sites are as the name suggests – wide ditches full of water that would have surrounded an island which would have had a domestic …
Carby House, Victoria Avenue
Victoria Avenue in Southend began to be developed in the post-war period as a centre for tall brutalist offices and civic buildings. These remained largely …
Canvey’s Dutch Sea Walls & Reclaimation
Sometime roughly around 1622, a Canvey land owner known as Sir Henry Appleton called upon expert Dutch engineer Cornelius Wasterdyk Vermuyden to reclaim Canvey’s constantly …
Leigh Anderson Shelters
Behind Fairleigh Court in Leigh on Sea remains an impressive set of six Anderson shelters. Anderson shelters were issued free to all householders earning £5 …
The Great War Armistice – 100 Years On
Why do Joe and I continue to run Beyond the Point, some seven years after its creation? After all, we earn no money from …
Colchester Zoo Church
If you happen to be walking past the orangutan enclosure at Colchester Zoo, keep an eye out for the ruins of the All Saints’ Church. …
Atlantik Wall – Sainte-Cecil & Hardelot Plage
This page documents a fascinating chance discovery by BTP Liam whilst on holiday in Northern France in Summer 2012. Whilst the photographs are quite poor …
Strood Anti-Tank Traps
Down Canal Road in Strood lies these anti-tank defences. Built at the start of the Second World War, they were intended to slow down any …
Oozedam Farmhouse and WW2 Defences
We visited Oozedam Farm in January of 2018, on a trek across Fobbing Marshes which saw us head from the farm to discover a lost …
Albert, Somme
Whilst on a road-trip through France, I passed through the town of Albert, an old town two hours north of Paris. Albert was founded as …