PLA Jetty

The station, which is essentially a wooden hut at the end of the jetty, belongs to the Port of London Authority and was a Harbour Master’s station until 1999. The hut itself was not that old as it had been built in the ‘eighties to replace one that had been there since at least the World War II but had succumbed to a fire. In latter years it was used by Coastwatch who have now moved to the east end of the island following problems with youths.

You can clearly see the differences in both the cabin and the jetty in these photos. We are waiting until it has completely gone to see how it changes the view.