The tower was built in 1952 ready for the Queen’s coronation a year later and holds 2,270 cubic metres of water. It supplies Dovercourt and other coastal residential areas. David Moss of Mistley was based at the tower for about six years when he was an employee under its former name, Tendring Hundred Water.
Horsley Cross is a hamlet that lies on the B1035 road just to the north of the main A120 that connects London and Harwich and to the south of Horsleycross Street.
The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Mistley.
The water tower is interesting to those who like trigpointing as well.
You can also find a very interesting 3D model of this water tower here
It's one really impressive building and it's definitely worth looking at closer. The whole caching operation should not be done on foot as the roads that approach to the water tower and to the cache itself are not supplied by pavements and footpaths and can be seriously busy.
To find this cache you have to stop shortly in its driveway to collect the info and do the maths. Take a look at the plaque that is placed on the right hand side of the entrance to the water tower yard. There is no need to enter the yard itself. Be stealthy please!
You are looking for the telephone number that gives you ABCD FGHJXYZ.
Cache is at N DF (C+F)G.(J-H)(B-X)(Z*X/3) E AA(D-G) (Z-Y)(G+F).(H-X-C)(B-D-F)(X-F+A)
There is a small parking (cache and dash) area close to GZ.
(Excuse the smell, there is a poultry farm in the vicinity)
