View to western horizon hight tide sea waves hitting Mary's Shell and churning up sea foam, Cleveleys, Fylde Coast, UK
Cleveleys Mythological Coastline Project includes four sculptures from the children's book, 'Sea Swallow', by Gareth Thompson and illustrated by Hannah Megee. The sculptures are part of the council's £20 million new promenade sea change project. Mary's Sea Shell (seen here) is a large metal sculpture on the beach, a short way north of a large stone sculpture of the Sea Ogre. The 9m long Sea Ogre's Paddle is carved in hardwood and is located towards the northern end of the promenade, in front of Jubilee Leisure Park. The tall slim 'Sea Swallow sculpture that stands guard over the promenade at the end of Victoria Road West, Cleveleys' main shopping street. A view from the promenade, looking west at high tide. The sea foam, churned up on the high tide beach by breaking waves, at the foot of the promenade, is created by the offshore breakdown of algae blooms. In December 2011 the coast road at Cleveleys was swamped by metre high drifts of sea foam.
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