Little Clacton

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Little Clacton
St. James' church, Little Clacton
Little Clacton is located in Essex
Little Clacton
Little Clacton
Location within Essex
Population3,065 (Parish, 2021)[1]
Civil parish
  • Little Clacton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLACTON-ON-SEA
Postcode districtCO16
Dialling code01255
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Essex
51°49′N 1°08′E / 51.817°N 1.133°E / 51.817; 1.133

Little Clacton is a village and civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,065.

Toponymy

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The name "Clacton" is Old English, and indicates the enclosure, farmstead or village of "Clacc"; the word Clacc may mean a hill (although this area is very flat) or it may have been a person's name. The "Little" distinguishes it from Great Clacton, the adjoining parish to the south, in which the modern town of Clacton-on-Sea developed from the late 19th century.[2]

Village

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It is located on the Tendring Peninsula, close to Clacton-on-Sea. The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 2,822.[3]

The village is approximately 12 miles south-east of Colchester and 2.5 miles north of Clacton-on-Sea, and is also close to Thorpe-le-Soken, with its railway station providing direct links to London Liverpool Street and Clacton-on-Sea.

The parish church is an early twelfth century Norman church building dedicated to St James. It has three bells in its tower, including one cast by Robert Crouch and dating from 1437. [4]

Governance

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Little Clacton forms part of the electoral ward called Little Clacton and Weeley. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,590.[5]

Local towns and villages

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Weeley, Weeley Heath, Thorpe-le-Soken, Frinton-on-Sea, Great Holland, Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick, Kirby-le-Soken.

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Census Parish Profiles". NOMIS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 31 March 2025. (To get individual parish data, use the query function on table PP002.)
  2. ^ "Great and Little Clacton". Key to English Place-Names. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. ^ "The Parish Church of Saint James, Little Clacton". VCS Parish Council Websites. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Little Clacton and Weeley ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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  • Media related to Little Clacton at Wikimedia Commons
  • Little Clacton Parish Council