Jaywick Martello Tower, Clacton

Name: Jaywick Martello Tower
Address: Belsize Ave, Clacton, CO15 2LF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1255 822783

#4 among attractions in Clacton

Top attraction, Historical place, View point, Tower

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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. ()

Coordinates: 51°46'22"N, 1°5'42"E

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Belsize AveClacton CO15 2LF United Kingdom

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+44 1255 822783

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Jaywick Martello Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Device Forts, Clacton Pier, Clacton Factory Outlet, St Osyth's Priory.

4.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Device Forts, Brightlingsea
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Theme park, Amusement park, Piers and boardwalks
Clacton Pier, Clacton
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4.5 miNE
51°49'7"N • 1°10'6"E
Clacton Factory Outlet, Clacton
114 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2 miNW
Monastery, Vernacular architecture
St Osyth's Priory, St Osyth
52 min walk • St Osyth's Abbey was a house of Augustinian canons in the parish of St Osyth in Essex, England in use from the 12th to 16th centuries. Founded by Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, c. 1121, it became one of the largest religious houses in Essex.
2.8 miNE
City hall
Clacton Town Hall, Clacton
73 min walk • 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.
6.9 miNW
Park
Fingringhoe Wick
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2.5 miNE
Historical place, Concerts and shows, Theater
West Cliff Theatre, Clacton
64 min walk • 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.
5.3 miN
Park
Weeleyhall Wood, Clacton
135 min walk • Weeleyhall Wood is a 31 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. It has a variety of woodland types, reflecting diverse soils.
5.7 miNE
Park
Great Holland Pits, Clacton
146 min walk • Great Holland Pits is a 16.2 hectare nature reserve east of Great Holland in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This area of former gravel pits has grassland, ancient woodland, ponds and wet depressions.
4.2 miW
Forts and castles
Mersea Fort, Mersea Island
109 min walk • Mersea Fort, also known as Cudmore Grove Blockhouse, was an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the East Mersea coast in 1543.
3.8 miNE
Park
Pickers Ditch Meadow, Clacton
96 min walk • Pickers Ditch Meadow is a 1.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. It is owned and managed by Tendring District Council. The site runs along the bank of Pickers Ditch, a tributary of Holland Brook. A footpath runs through the grassland site, and hedges have been planted along the border to screen it.