--- title: "Clacton-on-Sea – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom: Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in Essex, England. Nearby: Clacton Pier, West Cliff…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/clacton-on-sea" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/clacton-on-sea.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Clacton-on-Sea.jpg" --- Seaside town in Essex, England · United Kingdom # Clacton-on-Sea Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in Essex, England. ![Clacton-on-Sea](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Clacton-on-Sea.jpg) Clacton-on-Sea · Wikimedia Commons The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton-on-Sea), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Clacton 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton_Pier) 2. West 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Cliff_Theatre) 3. St 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Osyth_Pit) 4. Jaywick 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywick_Martello_Tower) 5. Pickers 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickers_Ditch_Meadow) 6. Weeleyhall 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeleyhall_Wood) 7. Holland-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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland-on-Sea_Cliff) 8. Clacton 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clacton_Town_Hall) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Clacton-on-Sea 360-m pier that opened in 1871. 2. Clacton Seafront Gardens 3. Great Holland Pits 4. Jaywick Martello Tower Arts, heritage and community venue in a renovated Martello tower. From [Wikivoyage: Clacton-on-Sea](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Clacton), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. Push Kiting 2. Clacton Pier 3. The Beach CO15 6JS (OS Grid ref TM 1760 1445). 4. Weeley Hall Wood From [Wikivoyage: Clacton-on-Sea](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Clacton), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat 1. Armstrongs at the Pavilion 2. Franco's 3. Aroy 4. Toby Cavery Marine Parade West, Martello Bay, Clacton-On-Sea, CO15 1NW,. From [Wikivoyage: Clacton-on-Sea](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Clacton), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## 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-Sea 94 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-essex-to-clacton-on-sea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London%2C+Essex&to=Clacton-on-Sea) - London → Clacton-on-Sea 94 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-clacton-on-sea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Clacton-on-Sea) - Luton, Luton → Clacton-on-Sea 109 km · quickest by road, 2h · £14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/luton-luton-to-clacton-on-sea) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Luton%2C+Luton&to=Clacton-on-Sea) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Clacton-on-Sea) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## 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. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 210 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 307 km 3. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 408 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 590 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 624 km If you know how people move in Clacton-on-Sea – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cclacton-on-sea&title=Clacton-on-Sea&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fclacton-on-sea), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Clacton-on-Sea - [Tendring](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tendring) non-metropolitan district in Essex, England, UK 1.3 km - [Jaywick](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/jaywick) village in Essex, England, UK 2.4 km - [St Osyth](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/st-osyth) village and civil parish in northeast Essex, England, UK 4.6 km - [Little Clacton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/little-clacton) village in Essex, England, UK 2.9 km - [Great Holland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/great-holland) village in Essex, England, UK 4.6 km - [Holland-on-Sea](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/holland-on-sea) suburb of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK 3.8 km [The place page for Clacton-on-Sea](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/clacton-on-sea) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/clacton-on-sea, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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