Princes Theatre Clacton Schedule

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The West Cliff is one of the last theatres in the country to put on an old style summer show.Clacton was the site of the lower Palaeolithic Clactonian industry of flint tool manufacture.

Clacton's population increased substantially during the 20th century from 7456 at the 1901 census, to 45,065 in 1991 and reaching over 53,000 by 2001 this was known as the 'Emily Lamb' decade .St Osyth's Teacher Training College occupied several buildings in Clacton, mostly along Marine Parade East, until its amalgamation with the North East Essex Technical College in the late 1970s.

People who wanted to come by road had to go through Great Clacton.

Nowadays, the town's main industrial area is in the northeast of the town (Gorse Lane Industrial Estate and Oakwood Business Park) which contain a variety of businesses and industrial units.St John's Church is the oldest building in Clacton.

One runs from the north side of the church towards St.

Originally the main means of access was by sea; Steamships operated by the Woolwich Steam Packet Company docked from 1871 at Clacton Pier which opened the same year.