Mersea Island

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Connected to the mainland by a thin causeway which floods at high tide.
Film setting for Paul Gallico's "The Snow Goose".

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersea_Island

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Coordinates: 51°47'28"N 0°57'10"E

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bobndog

The setting for "The Snow Goose" was not Mersea Island, but the causeway to Horsea Island, where a ww2 pillbox was hidden with reeds to prevent it being on camera.

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