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. It is a Grade II listed building and a scheduled monument.- Type: Arts center
- Description: fort in Jaywick, Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Martello Tower C” and “Martello tower C, St Osyth Beach, Clacton-on-Sea”
- Address: The Promenade, Belsize Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 2LF
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Christopher, Jaywick and West Cliff Theatre.
St Christopher, Jaywick
Church
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Christopher, Jaywick is a church, which is situated 1 mile east of Jaywick Martello Tower.
West Cliff Theatre
Theater building
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. West Cliff Theatre is situated 2½ miles northeast of Jaywick Martello Tower.
Martello tower D
Tower
Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Martello tower D is situated 1½ miles east of Jaywick Martello Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jaywick and Lee-over-Sands.
Jaywick
Suburb
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the North Sea coast of England, 60 miles from London and 17 miles from Colchester.
Lee-over-Sands
Hamlet
Lee-over-Sands is a small coastal hamlet in the civil parish of St Osyth, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is located close to the mouth of the River Colne into the North Sea. Lee-over-Sands is situated 2 miles west of Jaywick Martello Tower.
Point Clear
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point Clear is a village in the civil parish of St Osyth, south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. Point Clear is situated 2½ miles northwest of Jaywick Martello Tower.
Jaywick Martello Tower
- Categories: Martello tower, tower, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: St Osyth, Tendring District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.77268° or 51° 46′ 22″ northLongitude
1.09491° or 1° 5′ 42″ eastInception
1809Open location code
9F33Q3FV+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 129092053OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=arts_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=martello_towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q6168025
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Highlights include St. Osyth Beach Sunday Market and Sailor Boy Amusements.
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