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Recommended towns & villages near Clacton, Clacton-on-Sea

The pier at Clacton

Clacton-on-Sea

(1.9 miles, 3.0 km, direction S)

Clacton-on-Sea is a fine Victorian resort that offers visitors and enjoyable and jolly time...

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Jaywick Beach (Essex) February 2005

Jaywick

(3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction SW)

Much of Jaywick was built during the early part of the 20th century when Mr. Frank Stedman, a business man, bought the existing marshland to turn into a holiday resort...

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St Osyth Priory, Essex

St Osyth

(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction SW)

The village is noted for its medieval Priory, a Grade I listed building which started life as a foundation for Augustinian Canons around 1127, it later became an abbey which was eventually dissolved in 1539...

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Frinton on Sea station, Essex

Frinton-on-Sea

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction E)

Frinton, is a sedate area which retains a refined atmosphere and many gracious Victorian properties from when the then small seaside village was developed as a resort in the 1860's by Sir Richard Cooker...

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Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.  The beach on a cold winters day 2005

Walton on the Naze

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction NE)

This is a seaside resort that is a real treat for every member of the family. It is a traditional resort that simply caters for those whose wish is to have a jolly good time...

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Brightlingsea, Essex

Brightlingsea

(5.7 miles, 9.1 km, direction W)

A medieval port on the Colne estuary, Brightlingsea was once an associate member of the Cinque Ports. The history of the town goes back to Roman times and it's industry has always been linked to the sea...

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Dovercourt Boating Lake, Essex

Dovercourt

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction NE)

These days Dovercourt is part of Harwich, it operates as a coastal resort town with a pleasant sandy beach backed by a sea wall. The beach has been awarded the E.U. Blue Flag indicating its cleanliness and safety for families with children...

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River Colne, near Fingringhoe

Fingringhoe

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction W)

Delightful Fingringhoe is home to one of the most outstanding Nature Reserves in the country. It was formed out of a disused gravel pit near the estuary of the beautiful River Colne and today it is the premier flagship of the Essex Wildlife Trust...

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Mistley Church, Essex

Mistley

(9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction NW)

Mistley lies on the south bank of the River Stour not far from Manningtree, to which it is joined via a tree-lined walk along the river which is oddly called The Walls...

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Tracks in the snow

Harwich

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction NE)

The great seafarers of centuries have left the shores of England, these include Raleigh, Drake, Frobisher and Admiral Lord Nelson, all of whom brought glory for England...

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St. Osyth priory gatehouse

St. Osyth Priory

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction W)

The ruins of St.Osyth's Priory are the most picturesque and impressive range of monastic buildings in Essex. The priory dates.....

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New Walton Pier

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction E)

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The Naze Tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Built in 1721 by Trinity House

The Naze Tower

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction NE)

Built above colourful fossil rich cliffs by Trinity House in 1721, the Naze Tower rises 85 feet into the air and affords visitors.....

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Beth Chatto Gardens, May 2001

Beth Chatto Gardens

(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction NW)

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A picture of Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall

Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall

(10.9 miles, 17.6 km, direction SW)

The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall is the oldest church in England, having been built by St Cedd in 654ad. It sits right on the.....

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Bourne Mill

Bourne Mill

(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction W)

Picturesque watermill with working waterwheel..

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A picture of Landguard Fort, Felixstowe

Landguard Fort, Felixstowe

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction NE)

Landguard Fort lies off the southern end of Felixstowe. The first fort was built here by Henry VIII in the 1540's to guard the.....

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Willie Lott's Cottage, Flatford Mill, Suffolk

Flatford Mill

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)

Standing on the River Stour beneath the wonderful open Suffolk sky, Flatford Mill, one of the 18th century water-mills owned by.....

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Bridge Cottage

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)

Beautiful 16th-century thatched cottage, and home to an exhibition on the artist John Constable...

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Natural History Museum Colchester

Natural History Museum

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction W)

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