Holland-on-Sea is a seaside town in east Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. Located south of the little village of Great Holland

Great Holland

Great Holland is a village in Essex, located to the north-east of Holland-on-Sea, and west of Frinton-on-sea. The village is served by a bus service to Clacton-on-Sea to the south and Kirby Cross, to the north. The village is served by two churches, a Methodist church and the parish church, 'All...

 and directly north of Clacton-on-Sea, it has bus links to Walton-on-the-Naze

Walton-on-the-Naze

Walton-on-the-Naze is a small town in Essex, England, on the North Sea coast in the Tendring district. It is north of Clacton and south of the port of Harwich. It abuts Frinton-on-Sea to the south, and is part of the parish of Frinton and Walton. It is a resort town, with a permanent population of...

 and Clacton-on-Sea. It is a short coastal walk down the coastline to Clacton.

There are four churches, St Bartholomew’s Church, All Souls Catholic Church, a Methodist and a Baptist church. The village has several independent shops, a village hall, a primary school, one main hotel, plus a number of guest houses and pubs. It has numerous fine beaches with facilities for safe bathing and boating.

History

Holland-on-Sea was known as Little Holland until the early 20th century.

During World War II Holland-on-Sea was fortified against German attack. There is in nearby Clacton, a martello tower

Martello tower

Martello towers are small defensive forts built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....

 which was also used during World War II. After World War II Holland-on-Sea went back to being a holiday town.

Sport

Holland-on-Sea is the home of the Gunfleet Sailing Club, based near the junction of Marine Parade and Hazelmere Road. The Gunfleet Sailing Club was named after the Gunfleet Sands, a sand bank situated approx 7 miles from the coast of Walton on the Naze stretching towards Clacton, the site of the abandoned Gunfleet Lighthouse

Gunfleet Lighthouse

Gunfleet Lighthouse is a screw-pile lighthouse lying in the North Sea, six miles off the coast at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex constructed in 1850 by James Walker of Trinity House. It is 74 feet in height and hexagonal in plan; mounted on seven piles forming a steel lattice and originally painted red...

 and Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm

Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm

Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm 172MW wind farm 7 km off the Clacton-on-Sea and Holland Essex coast in the Northern Thames Estuary, commissioned on 15 June 2010. It has 48 Siemens Wind Power‎ wind turbines of 3.6 MW capacity each. Construction began in March 2008 and the first two turbines...

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Holland-on-Sea has a football team called Holland F.C. and also is home to a cricket pitch used by the Clacton Cricket Club, however Holland-on-Sea itself does not have a team.