Correspondence from the National Coastwatch
to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 4 April 2002
As suggested when you kindly met the Trustees
last month, I now enclose a list of the CG Stations in which the
NCI are very interested and would wish to obtain or use jointly
in the future.
We would be grateful for your Estates Dept.
comments on the likelihood or otherwise of possible transfer to
NCI lease/licence etc. We realise that, in a number of cases,
the actual ownership of the building may no longer be in HMCG
hands and that in probably all instances the land itself is owned
elsewhere, but your advice would be much appreciated.
A D King
General Secretary
PROPERTIES IN
WHICH THE
NCI ARE INTERESTED
| Serial No | "General" name of property and location
| Remarks |
| 1 | Clenchwarton | (Kings Lynn)
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| 2 | Hunstanton | East Anglia
| On common council land? |
| 3 | Wells Next The Sea |
East Anglia | Earl of Leicester Estate. A key Station adjacent to the Wash
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| 4 | Cley Next The Sea | East Anglia
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| 5 | Cromer | East Anglia
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| 6 | Southwold | East Anglia
| Landlord—Waveney Council? |
| 7 | Donna Nook | Grimsby Lincolnshire
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| 8 | Mablethorpe | Lincolnshire
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| 9 | Skegness | Lincolnshire
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| 10 | Brixham | Devon
| We are particularly keen to obtain access to at least the upper floor of this key building, observing that in the past the RNXS was allowed to use it. We appreciate that it is the Emergency MRCC and if necessary NCI would vacate it if Kings Quay went down. An alternative would be for NCI to provide external access to the Lookout level. There is considerable local support for NCI providing a visual facility there.
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| 11 | Helmsdale | Highlands
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| 12 | Newhaven | Sussex
| As with Brixham, we are very interested to obtain the top (lookout) floor here. Again it may be that you would wish NCI to provide an external access so that the watchkeepers would not have to pass through HMCG "engineering" room.
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| 13 | Fairlight | Rye East Sussex
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| 14 | Hayling |
| Top floor only if necessary |
| 15 | Southbourne | (Hengistbury Head)
| A key Station for NCI at the entrance to the Solent
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| 16 | Needles Old Lookout |
| The NT will not allow access in winter through their (closed) restaurant. We could provide access externally if the Lookout floor is still HMCG property.
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| 17 | Bembridge | Isle of Wight
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| 18 | Dungeness |
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| 19 | Watchet | Somerset
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Notes
1. In all cases, especially where HMCG has allowed NCI
access to an existing CG building, our watchkeepers would withdraw
if required for Coastguard occupation.
2. Many of the above may not now be owned by HMCG, advice
would be appreciated as to the current owners of the building.
3. There are other Stations in the pipeline already being
pursued on a local basis at this point.
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