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Alexandra Road, CLACTON-ON-SEA, CO15 1TP

The main entrance is around the corner in Station Rd. The shot is taken looking across Carnarvon Rd.

This picture shows Elim Pentecostal Church at the corner of Alexandra Road (the road receding to left of picture) and Hayes Road. The photograph was taken from the opposite corner of the two streets. The Town Hall (in red-brick) is partially visible behind the church. Clacton Library can be seen in the background beyond the Town Hall, facing the end of Alexandra Road (it is the grey building of modern appearance with tall, narrow windows).

A mostly residential street near the town centre, looking west. Photograph taken from Station Road, outside entrance to public library. Building partially visible on left of picture at the corner of Station Road is Clacton Town Hall (marked as "TH" on Ordnance Survey maps). Alexandra Road runs from Station Road to Wellesley Road.

Clacton Town Hall, at the corner of Station Road and Alexandra Road, was built in 1931 and is a grade II listed building. It currently houses Tendring District Council (along with the council offices in Pier Avenue), the Princes Theatre and the local Tourist Information Office. Clacton Town Hall is marked on Ordnance Survey maps with the letters "TH". Photograph taken from the opposite pavement of Station Road.

Clacton Town Hall is now the head office of Tendring District Council, which administers all of the area to the east of Colchester. Previously it was the main office of Clacton Urban District Council. The town hall was completed in 1931 to the designs of Sir Brumwell Thomas in Neo-Georgian style, with brown brick in English bond with stone dressings and hipped or mansard pantiled roofs. Its floor plan covers an area of about 65 x 40 metres or about 2,600 square metres, and it included a theatre and library when it was built. It is a Grade II Listed Building. This is the main, eastern, frontage on Station Road.

Clacton Town Hall, at the corner of Station Road and Alexandra Road, was built in 1931 and is a grade II listed building. It currently houses Tendring District Council (along with the council offices in Pier Avenue), the Princes Theatre and the local Tourist Information Office. Clacton Town Hall is marked on Ordnance Survey maps with the letters "TH". Photograph taken from the opposite pavement of Station Road.

If you go to Scandinavia or the low countries there would be facilities for hundreds of bicycles outside a terminal railway station. On a visit to Copenhagen a few years ago I was amazed to see many thousands of cycles outside the main station, most of them unlocked. When I asked a local "don't they get stolen?" the reply was "nobody would leave a decent cycle by the station". I responded "In the UK 100s would be taken just for the scrap value however wrecked they were.". The reason the station looks so quiet can be seen at Image

A Hedingham & District bus from Mistley passes the shops and businesses along the street.