Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea has something to offer everyone an award winning beach, a fun packed pier under new management March 2009, beautifully maintained seafront gardens, amusements, water sports and newly refurbished leisure centre, indeed all the attractions you would expect from a traditional seaside resort and one of the east coast's most popular destinations.

As well as the daytime fun Clacton offers a varied vibrant nightlife with its two theatres, The Princes and the West Cliff attracting top showbiz names as well as a plethora of pubs, clubs and restaurants to suit all tastes.  The newly converted Martello Tower at Jaywick offers a hi-tech digital arts venue with floor to ceiling curved screen for absorbing 3D projection.

If a few hours shopping is your ideal way to relax then you will not be disappointed with the range of shops in the town centre, nearby Great Clacton also hosts a range of independent shops and Clacton Factory Shopping Village is a must, with shops offering discounts of up to 60% on high street prices.  There's also Connaught Avenue in Frinton, known locally as the Bond Street of Essex with it's individual owned shops.

Clacton also boasts an array of events taking place throughout the year including a two day Air Show.

The seafront gardens are a much loved part of Clacton's seafront with their themed areas playing a big part in the town's success in last year's Anglia in Bloom bronze award for best Coastal resort.

Nearby Jaywick has some of the finest beaches on the Essex Sunshine Coast and offers the ideal spot for a seaside picnic day out.

So whether you want to step up the pace on holiday or wind down a gear or two Clacton allows you to do both.  From Magic City, a kid's paradise, to tea dances, Clacton can satisfy both the young and young at heart.