Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in Essex, England.
Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in Essex, England. It lies on the Tendring Peninsula and is the largest settlement in the Tendring District, with a population of 53,200 in 2021. The town is situated around 77 miles (124 km) north-east of London, 16 miles (26 km) south-east of Colchester and 16 miles (26 km) south of Harwich. The area was historically in the parish of Great Clacton. The development of the seaside resort began in the 1870s and was called Clacton-on-Sea to distinguish it from the older village about 1 mile (1.6 km) inland. Great Clacton and Clacton-on-Sea were always administered together, forming a single urban district called Clacton between 1895 and 1974; the two settlements gradually merged into a single urban area during the 20th century. It lies within the Parliamentary constituency of Clacton.
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Worth seeing in and around Clacton-on-Sea
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Clacton Pier
Clacton Pier is a pier located in the seaside resort town of Clacton-on-Sea in England. It was named Pier of the Year in 2020 by the National Piers Society.
1 km · pier in Clacton-on-Sea, England · Wikipedia - 02West Cliff Theatre
The West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, England, dates back to 1894 when Bert Graham, a 21-year-old civil servant, set up a concert party on a patch of waste ground in Agate Road. In 1899, along with Bernard Russell and Will Bentley, Graham moved the concert party to the West Cliff Gardens.
600 m · theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, England · Wikipedia - 03St Osyth Pit
St Osyth Pit is a 0.1-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of St Osyth in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
5.4 km · 0.1-hectare geological site in Essex · Wikipedia - 04Jaywick Martello Tower
Jaywick Martello Tower is a renovated Martello tower at Jaywick, 2.7 miles south-west of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It now functions as an arts, heritage and community venue.
4.1 km · fort in Jaywick, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Pickers Ditch Meadow
Pickers Ditch Meadow is a 1.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is owned and managed by Tendring District Council.
2.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Weeleyhall Wood
Weeleyhall Wood is a 31 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, England · Wikipedia - 07Holland-on-Sea Cliff
Holland-on-Sea Cliff is a 0.1-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Holland-on-Sea, north-west of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.
4.4 km · Geological site · Wikipedia - 08Clacton Town Hall
Clacton Town Hall is a municipal building in Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Tendring District Council, is a Grade II listed building.
500 m · town hall in Clacton-on-Sea, Tendring, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Clacton-on-Sea
360-m pier that opened in 1871.
- 02Clacton Seafront Gardens
- 03Great Holland Pits
- 04Jaywick Martello Tower
Arts, heritage and community venue in a renovated Martello tower.
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Things to do
- 01Push Kiting
- 02Clacton Pier
- 03The Beach
CO15 6JS (OS Grid ref TM 1760 1445).
- 04Weeley Hall Wood
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Where to eat
- 01Armstrongs at the Pavilion
- 02Franco's
- 03Aroy
- 04Toby Cavery
Marine Parade West, Martello Bay, Clacton-On-Sea, CO15 1NW,.
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Getting to Clacton-on-Sea
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 63 km · London Luton (LTN), 104 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 116 km
- Stations
- Clacton Airport, 1.3 km · Clacton-on-Sea railway station, 600 m
- London, Essex → Clacton-on-Sea94 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–15
- London → Clacton-on-Sea94 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–15
- Luton, Luton → Clacton-on-Sea109 km · quickest by road, 2h · £14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Clacton-on-Sea
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Clacton-on-Sea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Clacton-on-Sea
- Tendringnon-metropolitan district in Essex, England, UK1.3 km
- Jaywickvillage in Essex, England, UK2.4 km
- St Osythvillage and civil parish in northeast Essex, England, UK4.6 km
- Little Clactonvillage in Essex, England, UK2.9 km
- Great Hollandvillage in Essex, England, UK4.6 km
- Holland-on-Seasuburb of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK3.8 km