Great Clacton Essex Map

About Great Clacton

Great Clacton unfolds as a quietly purposeful settlement, its houses arranged with a practical grace. It lies 1.7 km north of Clacton-on-Sea (from Clacton-on-Sea: bearing 359°T, OS grid TM 174 165). The land here, a canvas of subtle greens and browns, rolls gently towards the distant shimmer of the North Sea, carrying the scent of salt on the breeze even inland. A sense of enduring agricultural roots is palpable, the fields around Great Clacton speaking of seasons turned and harvests gathered, their hedgerows a tangled, verdant calligraphy. Within its heart, the parish church of St. John the Evangelist stands as a stoic sentinel, its ancient stones a quiet testament to centuries of devotion, its spire a slender finger pointing towards the vast, ever-changing Essex sky. The rhythm of Great Clacton is one of steady, unpretentious living, a place where the everyday unfolds with a comforting solidity.

About This Great Clacton Map Page

Explore Great Clacton, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.804890, 1.152865. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.