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The green in Agar Road, opposite Walton train station, was taken to auction in October 2019. It was feared the private site, which was popular with residents, could have been turned into flats. Following calls from residents, Frinton and Walton Town Council bought the site for £40,000 after it failed to sell at auction with a guide price of £75,000. Walton councillor Ann and David Oxley have been working hard to tidy up the site and the town council had paid for new benches to be installed. Town council clerk Jerry Wedge said: “A lot of work has been done on this area, turning an untidy piece of land into pleasant gardens.
WALTON’S Columbine Centre is set to be used as a mass vaccination centre, it has been revealed. Frinton and Walton Town Council said the NHS has confirmed it will be hiring the centre, in Princes Esplanade, as part of the roll out of the biggest vaccination programme in its history. It is understood the NHS will take on the site to administer the PfizerBioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the New Year. Clerk Jerry Wedge said: “Following a number of site visits during the last few weeks, the NHS have confirmed they want to make use of part of the Columbine Centre as a mass vaccination centre.