Clacton-on-Sea
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Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in the county of Essex, on the east coast of England. It is located on the Tendring Peninsula and is the largest settlement in the Tendring District, with a population of 53,200 (2021). The town is situated around northeast of London, southeast of Colchester and south of Harwich.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Clacton-on-Sea.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clacton-on-Sea from the air in 2004
- UK place.official_name
- Clacton-on-Sea
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.shire_district
- Tendring
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Clacton
- UK place.post_town
- CLACTON-ON-SEA
- UK place.postcode_district
- CO15, CO16
- UK place.postcode_area
- CO
- UK place.dial_code
- 01255
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TM170150
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Tendring
- Population
- 50548
- Area
- 41.76
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Tendring
- Image
- Clacton-on-Sea.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01255
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- twinned administrative body
- Valence
- Commons category
- Clacton-on-Sea
- topic's main category
- Category:Clacton-on-Sea
- OS grid reference
- TM170150
- native label
- Clacton-on-Sea
- P8168
- American Idol
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
31 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Early history
- Twentieth century
- Twenty-first century
- Seaside resort
- Former Butlins
- Governance
- Media
- Industry
- Landmarks
- St John's Church, Great Clacton
- St James's Church
- Clacton railway station
- Martello Towers
- Moot Hall
- St Helena Hospice
- Jaywick Sands
- Clacton Pier
- Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm
- Climate
- Demography
- Education
- Transport
- Notable people
- Cultural references
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in the county of Essex, on the east coast of England. It is located on the Tendring Peninsula and is the largest settlement in the Tendring District, with a population of 53,200 (2021). The town is situated around northeast of London, southeast of Colchester and 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 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 twentieth century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clacton-on-Sea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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