Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Tendring · Region: Eastern
Explore Jaywick, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Jaywick map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Jaywick |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Tendring |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.782413 |
| Longitude | 1.120206 |
| Place Type | Village |
Jaywick surveys the estuary's wide, silvered breath, a place where the land spills into the sea. It lies 2.4 km west-south-west of Clacton-on-Sea (from Clacton-on-Sea: bearing 250°T, OS grid TM 153 139), and is situated east-north-east of Seawick village. The air here carries the tang of salt and the distant cry of gulls, a constant reminder of the North Sea's proximity. Its coastline, a shifting mosaic of sand and shingle, often reflects the subtle blush of dawn or the deepening hues of twilight. Jaywick's modest dwellings, some painted in colours bright as weathered buoys, cluster close to the water's edge, their windows gazing out at the ceaseless tide. The whisper of wind through marram grass is a perennial soundtrack, a gentle murmur that speaks of the elemental forces shaping this stretch of coast.
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Explore Jaywick, 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: 51.782413, 1.120206. 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.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |