Clacton

Clacton in , also known as Clacton-on-Sea, is the largest town in the Tendring Peninsula. It's between Jaywick and Holland-on-Sea.
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  • Type: Town with 50,500 residents
  • Description: town in Essex, England
  • Also known as: “Clacton-on-Sea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clacton Airport and Clacton-on-Sea railway station.

Aerodrome
Clacton Aerodrome, also known as Clacton Airfield, is a small grass-runway airfield serving Clacton-on-Sea, , England. It lies about 2 nautical miles west of the town and is operated by the Clacton Aero Club.

Railway station
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is one of the two eastern termini of the Sunshine Coast Line in the , serving the town of Clacton-on-Sea, .

Theater building
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The 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jaywick and Holland-on-Sea.

Suburb
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is a coastal village in the Tendring district of , England, 2 miles west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the coast of England, 60 miles from London and 17 miles from .

Suburb
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is a suburb of Clacton-on-Sea, in the Tendring district of , England. It is on the coast to the north-east of the centre of Clacton, and lies to the south of the village of .

Suburb
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Clacton-on-Sea, often simply called Clacton, is a coastal town in , England. It lies on the Tendring Peninsula and is the largest settlement in the Tendring District, with a population of 53,200 in 2021.

Clacton

Latitude
51.7884° or 51° 47′ 18″ north
Longitude
1.1528° or 1° 9′ 10″ east
Population
50,500
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CLS
Open location code
9F33Q5Q3+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 922749691
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2652974
Wiki­data ID
Q985833
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Satellite Map

Discover Clacton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Clacton” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Afrikaans: “Clacton”
  • Armenian: “Քլաքտոն-օն-Սի”
  • Asturian: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Basque: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Cebuano: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Chinese: “卡靈頓”
  • Chinese: “滨海克拉克顿”
  • Chinese: “濱海克拉克頓”
  • Czech: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Danish: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Dutch: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Esperanto: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Finnish: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • French: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • German: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Hebrew: “קלאקטון-און-סי”
  • Irish: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Italian: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Japanese: “クラクトン・オン・シー”
  • Japanese: “クラクトン＝オン＝シー”
  • Korean: “클랙턴온시”
  • Ladin: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Latvian: “Klektononsī”
  • Lithuanian: “Pajūrio Klaktonas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Norwegian: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Persian: “کلکتون-آن-سی”
  • Persian: “کلکتون-ان-سی”
  • Piemontese: “Clacton al Mar”
  • Polish: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Portuguese: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Romanian: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Russian: “Клактон-он-Си”
  • Russian: “Клектон-он-Си”
  • Russian: “Клэктон-он-Си”
  • Scots: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Serbian: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Serbian: “Klakton na Moru”
  • Serbian: “Клактон на Мору”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Slovak: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Spanish: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Swedish: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Swedish: “Clacton”
  • Tatar: “Кләктон-он-Си”
  • Ukrainian: “Клактон-он-Сі”
  • Urdu: “کلاکٹن-آن-سی”
  • Urdu: “کلکٹون آن سی”
  • Volapük: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • Welsh: “Clacton-on-Sea”
  • “Clacton-on-Sea”

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