Artist Creates England Badge on Suffolk Beach Using Stones

An artist arranged stones into a large England badge on a beach near Lowestoft in Suffolk. The emblem measures six metres wide by nine metres tall and spells out the word England beneath a star.

Clark spent a little over eight-and-a-half hours building the design on 11 June. He flattened the area first and used a string grid to guide placement of stones collected from the beach. Clark said he has created similar England badges in the past using chalk on patios. He noted that people who saw photos of the beach version often assumed it was generated by AI.

A vehicle drove over the artwork earlier in the week.

Clark said he believed the incident was accidental and restored the badge before England played Croatia. He said the only vehicle access point to the beach runs across the site and that the driver likely had official access.

Clark said England must win the tournament.

He added that failure to bring the trophy home would mean he had wasted his time creating the badge.