Essex may have the longest coastline, but it surprisingly doesn't actually have many lighthouses. There is one however near Grays.
The Port of London Authority has recently spent £380,000 replacing it.
Leading that project has been Peter Trent, the Port of London Authority assistant civil engineer, who had told Owen all about the project.
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