Facts about what Clacton on Sea offers for Self-Catering Holidays

Clacton on Sea is one of Tendring Peninsula’s seaside resorts offering miles of beaches, bags of fresh air and everything needed for an enjoyable traditional seaside family holiday, activity holiday or base for exploring. 

There are plenty of attractions in and round Clacton for all the family including Clacton Pier - with fireworks from the end of the Pier on Bank Holidays -  Clacton Common Designer Shopping and two Theatres.  There’s a packed summer events programme with the Classic Car Show, Tendring Show, Clacton Carnival August, Air Display including the Red Arrows and the CAMRA beer festival.

For those that like activity there’s a new leisure club, miles of promenade, sea and fresh-water fishing and for those who own a boat, there are several very attractive places to sail to/from in the area, including Brightlingsea, Walton Backwaters, Wivenhoe and West Mersea.

You don’t have to go far to reach new and exciting areas. Colchester, the country’s oldest recorded town, with its castle, award-winning zoo, Colchester Leisure World and excellent shopping centre is a 20-minute drive.

There’s Manningtree, England’s smallest market town, with two markets a week.  Just over in to the Suffolk border you’ll find Constable Country with its beautiful scenery painted by the famous landscape artist John Constable and its villages of Dedham, Flatford and Stratford St Mary famous for cream teas! 

Visit Felixstowe with its working port and excellent sandy beaches. Clacton on Sea is the terminal station from London Liverpool street station.