Mulberry Harbour Walk
Sun 04 Aug
|Mulberry Harbour, Thorpe Bay, Thorpe Bay
Walking out to sea at low tide to get close to the Mulberry Harbour Structure that sits about a mile out from Thorpe Bay
Time & Location
04 Aug 2024, 18:15 – 20:15
Mulberry Harbour, Thorpe Bay, Thorpe Bay, Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea SS1, UK
About the event
What is the Mulberry Harbour? The Mulberry harbour is located on an offshore sandbank in the Thames estuary. It is a section of the floating Mulberry harbour which was intended for use during the D-Day landings in June 1944. (80 years ago). While this section was being towed down from the River Humber to Normandy, it sprang a leak and was grounded on the sandbank in the Thames estuary, where it remains to this day.
This is a walk that will take us about a mile offshore at low tide, we will be walking on sand, mud and through water, so it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to get to the harbour, there is a natural pool around the structure, so swimming is possible, but it’s a great structure to photograph and walk around. I will also provide you with interesting info about the structure. It’s also an…