This cache is placed just off a footpath used by local dog walkers just off Tinkers Way. As you approach the cache location there is a gap in the hedgerow and if you enter the field you can get a great view of aircraft taking off from Southend Airport.
The First World War saw the creation of Southend as a flying base. The War Office listed the site as a potential landing ground in 1914, the first flight followed in 1915 when Flight Sub Lieutenant A.W. Robinson took off in a Bleriot aircraft in an (unsuccessful) attempt to intercept a German Army Zeppelin. This led to regular RFC activity at Southend throughout the War until 1919. In 1933 the site was purchased by Southend Council, and was officially opened in 1935.