'''Train''' Trains run to Clacton every hour from London Liverpool Street and take approximately 90 minutes. If travelling from the Ipswich direction, change trains at Colchester North.
'''Bus and Coach'''
Buses serve Clacton from most parts of North-East Essex, including Colchester (every 30 minutes, approx. 1 hour journey time), Walton and Frinton (every 30 minutes, approx. 30 minutes journey time) and Harwich (every hour, approx. 45 minutes journey time). There are also 3 National Express coaches per day to London (#484, approx. 3 hours journey time) and 1 National Express coach per day to Liverpool, via Cambridge, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester etc (#350, approx journey time 12 hours to Liverpool). As there is no distinct bus station, finding the correct stop within the town centre can be a problem, mainly because of a lack of any maps, and the digital displays at each stop only show departures for that street. If in doubt, walk out to the train station as most routes pass here.
'''By Car''' Clacton is a fairly driver-friendly town with cheap, plentiful parking, although during the summer holidays or the Clacton Air Show, parking and traffic can be problematic.
'''By Bus''' The two main operators of suburban routes are First Essex and Hedingham Omnibuses. The former operates a handful of suburban routes at half-hourly intervals, one of which serves the out-of-town Tesco hypermarket. The latter operates regular shuttle services to the Clacton Common Shopping Village.
The Clacton Common Shopping Village, located on an industrial estate on the edge of town, is one of two 'factory outlet' shopping malls in Essex (the other being Freeport, near Braintree). It mostly consists of numerous stores selling discontinued clothing lines at discount prices.
Lyndale Lodge Hotel? 2-4 Colne Rd, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1PX? Tel: 01255 423340
Parade Hotel? 11-13 Marine Parade East, Clacton-On-Sea, CO151PS? Tel: 01255 222 020
Melrose Hotel? 53 Marine Pde East, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 6AD? Tel: 01255 421392
Ocean Club Hotel Ltd? 5 Marine Pde East, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1PT? Tel: 01255 474693
Stonar Hotel? 19 Agate Rd, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1RA? Tel: 01255 221011
The Sandrock? 1 Penfold Rd, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1JN? Tel: 01255 428215
Premier Travel Inn? Colchester Rd, Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 9AA? Tel: 0870 1977064 Warning not in clacton directly approx 1-2 out of town
Dudleys Hotel? 22 Penfold Rd, Clacton-on-Sea, CO15 1JN? Tel: 01255 220372