Jaywick is a low-lying coastal settlement in the Tendring district of Essex, England, sitting on the North Sea coast just a short distance from Clacton-on-Sea. It began in the 1930s as a cheap holiday development of small chalets and bungalows and retains a distinctive, tightly packed row of colourful properties often referred to locally as Jaywick Sands.
Today Jaywick is a permanent residential community known for strong local spirit but also acute social and economic challenges: low incomes, high unemployment and severe vulnerability to coastal flooding (notably during the 1953 North Sea flood). The area has been the focus of successive regeneration and flood‑management discussions, and remains notable for its unusually low property prices and contentious debates about managed retreat versus investment in defences.
Postcode districts covering Jaywick
Most populated places nearby
- Southend-on-Sea 23.2 miles
- Ipswich 19 miles
- Colchester 12.3 miles
- Braintree 24.8 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea 2.3 miles
- Felixstowe 15.8 miles
- Witham 20.4 miles
- Sudbury 23.7 miles
- Maldon 18.1 miles
- Harwich 12.2 miles
- Walton-on-the-Naze 8.3 miles
- Frinton-on-Sea 6.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- West Clacton & Jaywick Sands Ward 0.4 miles
- Seawick Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Coppins Ward 1.4 miles
- Bluehouse Ward 1.5 miles
- St. James Ward 1.5 miles
- St. Osyth Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Cann Hall Ward 2.1 miles
- Pier Ward 2.1 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea Built-up area 2.3 miles
- St. John's Ward 2.4 miles
- St. Paul's Ward 2.5 miles
- Eastcliff Ward 3 miles
Example postcodes in Jaywick
CO15 2PA, CO15 2HH, CO15 2SF, CO15 2DT, CO15 2HU, CO15 2RA, CO15 2LH, CO15 2NP, CO15 2PS … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 22.9 miles
- Stansted Airport 38.1 miles
- Clacton-on-Sea Railway Station 2.1 miles
- Weeley Railway Station 5 miles
Hotels near Jaywick Ad
- The Royal Hotel - Clacton on Sea 1.9 miles
- Oyo Pier Hotel 4 2 miles
- The Kingscliff Hotel 4 3.4 miles
- The Pacific Hotel 2 miles
- The Courthouse Inn 3 7.7 miles
- Lifehouse Spa & Hotel 4 5.4 miles
- Wivenhoe House Hotel 4 9.6 miles
- Langtry Hotel 1.9 miles
- The Victory at Mersea 4 9 miles
Schools in Jaywick
- Sir Martin Frobisher Academy Primary
Local points of interest
- Pedlars Wood Forest 7.5 miles
- West Mersea Beach Beach 7.7 miles
- Saint Peters Chapel Archaeological site 8.8 miles
- University of Essex University 9.6 miles
- Berechurch Hall Estate 10.2 miles
- Roman Circus visitor centre Museum 11.6 miles
- Harwich International Ferry Terminal Harbour 13.1 miles
- Colchester Community Stadium Stadium 13.3 miles
- Harwich Harbor Harbour 14.6 miles
- Felixstowe Trinity Terminal Harbour 14.8 miles
- East Anglian Railway Museum Museum 18 miles
- Coggeshall Abbey Historic site 18.8 miles