Other Points of Interest
A wooden spear from the Lower Paleolithic era, found locally in an area of foreshore erosion, is the oldest known man-made wooden artefact found in the British Isles.
An 18-inch (460 mm) gauge miniature railway operated in Jaywick from 1936 to 1939. The locomotive was a model of a GNR Stirling 4-2-2.
During the North Sea flood of 1953, Jaywick was flooded, resulting in the deaths of over 35 people. Since then, sea defences have been put in place and many precautions have been made to avoid flooding. Coastal Jaywick has benefitted from 30,000 cubic metres of dredged sand as part of a £9.4 million upgrade.
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