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A view from the pier showing some of the main features of Clacton.
Although Great Clacton was long-established as a medieval market village, the seaside town did not really develop until late in the 19th century.
Frinton developed in a quieter manner than Clacton or Walton, and it has always had a rather genteel air.
Jaywick is divided from Clacton by a golf course and a Martello Tower.
The new pier was built in 1905 for Belle Steamers to bring holidaymakers from Ipswich, Clacton and Walton.
Dating from 1899, Clacton's bandstand had recently been relocated to this new sunken pavilion as part of a 'general beautifying programme'.
Fred Pullan's Yorkshire-based touring troupe opened in Clacton in 1901.
Clacton was the brainchild of one man—Peter Bruff, an engineer with the Tendring Hundred railway company—who bought 50 acres of farmland here in 1865 with a view to its development as a holiday resort
Until 1864, Clacton had simply been a row of cliffs.
Cars are parked by the town hall; it was home to the Galaxy Club from 1964 to 1966, and Screaming Lord Sutch and his Raving Savages, Lulu, and John Mayall's Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton, Mick
