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unusual facts about Clacton on Sea



Slip coach

These were the 6 p.m. which slipped coaches for Waltham Cross using old GER 6 wheeled slip coaches and the 4.57 express to Clacton on Sea which slipped a couple of coaches at Marks Tey railway station for Bury St Edmunds railway station using a bogie corridor slip coach of modern design, with a corridor "trailer".


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Black Deep

The Black Deep begins in open sea east of Foulness Point and south of Clacton-on-Sea and is bounded by two substantial sandbanks, the Sunk Sands to the north-west and the Long Sands spread out to the south and east (which have some wind turbines).

British Rail Class 170

The Class 170 were refurbished in 2008 with the three-carriage units repainted at Marcroft Engineering, Stoke on Trent, the two-carriage units at EWS' Toton depot and the interiors done by Transys Projects, Clacton-on-Sea including the fitting of first class seating to the Class 170/5s and 170/6s.

British Rail Class 360

They are primarily used on London Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea, Ipswich, and Colchester services and Manningtree to Harwich services, usually running as 4 carriages to Harwich and 8-12 carriages to Clacton-on-Sea and Ipswich.

Buses in Ipswich

As of 2013 these link the town directly to locations such as Stansted Airport, Heathrow Airport, London, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Manchester and Liverpool.

Go Whippet

These have been running in various forms since 1957, and currently serve Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Felixstowe, Clacton-on-Sea and Southend-on-Sea.

Ivan Blatný

From 1984 until shortly before his death, he lived in a retirement home in Clacton-on-Sea.

Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton

Bassam grew up on a council estate in Great Bentley, Essex and went to the local County High School (now Colbayns) in Clacton-on-Sea.

Sunshine Coast Line

On Mon-Fri, trains to and from Clacton on sea also call at Colchester Town, Hythe, Great Bentley and Alresford and Weeley during rush hour.

West Cliff Theatre

The West Cliff Theatre in Clacton-on-Sea, England, dates back to 1894 when Bert Graham, a 21-year-old civil servant, set up a concert party on a patch of waste ground in Agate Road.