Jaywick
Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Clacton-on-Sea.

Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the North Sea coast of England, 60 miles (97 km) from London and 17 miles (27 km) from Colchester. It was constructed in the 1930s as a holiday resort for Londoners but has, over time, been officially named the most deprived area in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around Jaywick
4 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.
2.7 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.
2.3 km · theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, England · Wikipedia - 03Clacton 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.
2.8 km · town hall in Clacton-on-Sea, Tendring, Essex, England, UK · 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.
1.7 km · fort in Jaywick, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jaywick
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 62 km · London Luton (LTN), 103 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 114 km
- Stations
- Clacton Airport, 1.1 km · Clacton-on-Sea railway station, 3 km
- London, Essex → Jaywick91 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £11–15
- London → Jaywick91 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £11–15
- Luton, Luton → Jaywick106 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £15–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jaywick
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 Jaywick. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Jaywick
- Clacton-on-Seatown in Essex, England2.4 km
- Tendringnon-metropolitan district in Essex, England, UK1.2 km
- St Osythvillage and civil parish in northeast Essex, England, UK3.4 km
- Great Clactonsuburb of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Bocking's Elmsuburb of Clacton-on-Sea, in Essex, England, UK2.8 km