Arriving at Clacton on Sea railway Station on the train, we will head out from the station towards the sea front, passing some of Clacton’s Grand buildings showing its historic hay-day of holidaymakers gone by.
From the pier we will head South through the formal pleasure gardens, stopping at the RNLI lifeboat station for a short talk about the 200 years of the lifeboats, before heading on towards the first of our Martello Towers, now a tea shop, then on along the beach with stories of Clacton’s history from steamboats to Butlins until we reach Jaywick.
At the far end of the town sits the Jaywick Martello tower and here we will stop for tea and a look around the Tower to see how these buildings served the country from the Napoleonic war onwards.
We then return to Clacton to catch the return train.
You are welcome to stay and return on any train back to Colchester.
Tickets £5 NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
Tickets will go on sale on the 18th May 2024
When purchasing event tickets, you will receive two emails from Greater Anglia, these will include a code to take to any station with a ticket machine. You will need to click on pre-paid tickets and it will ask you to put the payment card you used for paying for the tickets. Don’t worry this won’t take the payment again and it will give you your card back. It will then ask you for the code you were sent by email. Once you put this in it will produce your train tickets.;
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COLLECT YOUR TICKETS FROM YOUR LOCAL STATION IN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS.
Any issues please email jayne.sumner@essex.gov.uk