What's Happening To Jaywick?
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- Work has begun on the construction of a multi-million-pound commercial workspace development in Jaywick Sands. The site will house 24 affordable business units, a ten-pitch covered market, training room, café, public toilets and a community garden on the seafront. The project also includes upgrading the pavements and lighting on the former Sunspot site and surrounding land.
Is this good news for the once popular resort? I take look and see how it's progressing
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Jaywick should be renamed 'Costa Del Fart'
During WW2 German bombers would often dump all their bombs when intercepted to lighten the load and increase their speed in an effort to get away, there were a lot of bombs dropped around the Essex coast and my Essex born grandfather complained that not once did they have the decency to hit Jaywick, I don't think he was a fan of the place.
I'm not a fan of the silly name. Who would want to live in a place called Jaywick?
@@RAFchurchlawford4469 What's silly about it?
😂 speaking as an ex-local to Jaywick, your grandfather would be correct
What a nasty remark to say, during the war Jaywick Sands would have been a fairly new holiday village and that’s all it was intended to be, admittedly it is a bit of a dump nowadays but it was never meant to be a permanent solution
@@nicholaswilliams4336 it looks like it's been bombed .
My great grandfather owned a bungalow in Jaywick in the 1930s, so many wonderful memories have been passed down through the family, I hope Jaywick can return to it's former splendour 💕
Lovely to see something positive about Jaywick, onwards and upwards hopefully 👍
Absolutely
Brave walking around Jaywick with a camera in your hand, I hope it's insured!
I went there a few years back staying at the caravan park for a week (I got a ridiculously cheap deal)and saw so much potential there. Glad to hear someone else has too and its improving.
I used to holiday in Jaywick with my family in the 1960s and 1970s. Have many happy memories of this little seaside town and often go back for a visit. It's very quiet now but used to be really busy. I am glad some money is being spent on it. Thanks for this video Tim. I hope you revisit Jaywick at some point to see how things are progressing.
Such a shame for any area when they are neglected and left to run down. Let's hope Jaywick is able to get back on its feet and prosper. Thanks for another great vlog xx
But as normal they never show further down, with many owners spending lots of money on there properties. just about every tv programme or youtuber channel never shows further down, or round the back, its always the first and worst parts - makes there story better i guess. check some current houses for sale in Brooklands Jaywick to see my point
Hopefully as looks quite quaint just been allowed to get run down it's a shame
@@allylou5151 Actually if you research lots HAS been done over the last say 10 years, all the side roads underwent a 2 year programme bringing them up to modern road designs along with modern road drainage, then the "Insulating Jaywick" group insulated those who wished it, 8 inches of exteriour insulation finished with sun reflection white polar stone chip, old storage heaters ripped out, new slimline rads in each rooom powered by high tech AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP hot water and heating systems, modern hot tanks old fashioned cold loft tanks taken out, plus new double glazed windows and very deep roof and i got underfloor insulation also.. Many resident owners have spent lots on refurbishments but no one shows us further down brooklands/ have a look on rightmove for current places for sale.
Its got a lovely cosy vibe about it,the residents care for each other ........lovely x
I bet there is some investment potential
Back to Clacton 😃👍, love that place, a little further down from jaywick about 5 min walk is st Osyth" that has such a quaint little village 🤗..much love 🤗💛
its got one of the best beaches in Essex
Yes😃😄👍
Spent every summer there in the 70's. Loved it.
People will be snapping those houses up near the front cheap for when the redevelopment work is completed.
I don't live anywhere near but it's fascinated me Jaywick, such a seemingly lovely place. Its time will come again
agree
JAYWICK was not built as a slum area,it was turned into a slum by tennants.
Incorrect, it was built as temporary summer houses only, which is well documented & known. After WW2 the need for housing & the incompetent selling-off of government housing moved tenants into the originally designed temporary housing.
The local council earned a reputation for non prosecution of unscrupulos private landlords, uninterested in their tenants welfare nor meeting their legal obligations to provide fit housing, which attracted the worse private landlords, parasytically feeding from the locals. It all stems from the local council's failure to prosecute rogue landlords in a timely manner, they are not prote tung their people.
You would not pay for repairs to a landlords building. The whole systemic rent-seeking landlord brings no value, it extracts value. Most people in UK cannot afford to do that, nor should they be knocked for having not done so.
I have always thought jaywick was a wasted opportunity. So much potential and a lovely beach, wasted over the last 40 years. Would love to turn it into a resort like it’s former days.
agree
Remember watching the TV docu back in 2015(?), there was a definite community feel then with people helping each other, communal meals etc. I hope the place doesn't end up with locals being priced out of the rental /sales market.
Tbf I doubt outsiders would want to ‘risk’ moving there. So much snobbery etc might save the place aha. Think jaywick is safe from gentrification.
I'm surprised artists don't move down
Hello from the USA. Stumbled on to Tim's videos about a month ago and now I am hooked. Thanks Tim you do a great job.
wow thanks Rebecca
I think it's got a long way to go yet! Thanks for the tour
yep but its a start :-)
Hi Tim ! This is where they filmed all the rough people . Living in dumps no prospects or jobs . It could be a lovely place if they invested money into it . Lovely beach thanks for sharing with us. Love to you as always Tracey 💕 xxxx
I have lived in jaywick sands for over 30 years, most of us would like to see jaywick improved but we would like to see building kept in line with the design of the buildings. Lovely place to live . I’ve seen so many changes over the years
Lovely place to live you are joking all skanks
I can understand that.
We went to look at property in Clacton and decided to take a look at some of the caravans for sale. We saw the sign for Jaywick, at the start there was some lovely places but as we got deeper in, we saw a man hanging out of a huge bin legs in the air, next a boy with his parents laying flat out on the streets, weed was starting to be smelt the deeper in we went and all that I thought was, I'd never want to break down here at night. Saw people sitting on door steps stoned, broken windows and run down homes. I had read about Jaywick a year ago as to how it became this way. I really don't know how they'll ever change it. It could be a lovely place a stone throw from the sea, it's just heart breaking to see the decline and poverty.
From the Ross Kemp documentary weed is the least of the issues there . I wouldn’t feel safe visiting if I’m being truly honest
Such a shame! I hope the Redevelopments can tackle all the underlying issues.
It could be such a lovely little place.
Good and bad areas everywhere.
I have watched jaywick on TV and the community are close and help each other tho they are broke with nothing they really are caring people and I would prefer them to stuck up snobs who wouldn't give u a light and there was one chap who was really working hard to help the community
@@hugoagogo4324 sounds like Jaywick already has community spirit.
Hopefully the redevelopment will give Jaywick the support it needs to help the community.
I have so many happy memories of holidaying every year in Jaywick. They reused some of the old rails from the train track to make a hand rail fence near the Sunspot.
I recently looked into moving there. It’s got appeal. I also joined the FB pages and the community spirit is Phenomenal
Cant wait to watch this one Tim, love Jaywick and Clacton, Jaywick has some of the most amazing beaches!
best in essex
Fantastic beach at Jaywick. We stayed down the road at St Osyth. Lovely part of the essex coast. Nice to see some investment in Jaywick. Good video Tim
thanks Richie
I use to go hoilday in jaywick caravan park as a kid I loved it, so happy they are trying to do something with it x
I have waited so long for the Jaywick visit!!
Was about four or five years old, back in the early fifties, when we had a holiday at Jaywick. I was fascinated by the houses being on stilts. I found out why when we woke up one morning to a spectacular flood. We had a marvelous time playing in the water - magic!
Was the flood caused by the Sea or by Rain ?
@@nicholaswilliams4336 the sea. I think it was a high tide.
The new places are hard to sell. I mean its not surprising, who would want to live in the middle of that.
The whole place needs flattening and rebuilt. It could be a really nice area to live.
If anyone can start the turnaround of Jaywick, it's Tim.
lol
It's great to learn about new places - I hadn't heard about Jaywick before - crazy to see so many derelict properties given the shortage of affordable housing. Hopefully the redevelopment will do the job - looking forward to seeing the revisit on completion.
They did a tv documentary on it - Tim is showing a decent side of it - documentary is an eye opener
Went to jaywick a month ago, on the edge of it, never had the guts to go in there.
I can imagine that if the developers ever got total hold of Jaywick they'd turn it into an Essex version of Sandbanks !
I doubt that lol
It was developers who started the original decline of the brooklands estate in Jaywick in the first place
Doubtful. Not sure the residents want that either. To me sandbanks is a bit souless
exactly what ive been saying for years.lets all chip in and buy it for a tenner lol.jokes aside it would be small change and a nice little project for a millionaire
Jaywick property was built on a sand bed with no foundations. The reason why property is so cheep is because it’s almost impossible to get a mortgage so a cash purchase is required.
It will be interesting going back in 5 years or so to see the developments. I wish we had bought a couple of properties there many years ago now... could have been an early retirement investment! Great vid Tim thanks 👍
At 55 years of age fate saw me and my late wife retire. Wife was ex nurse, 12 hour shifts 5 / 6 days a week, me on 14 hour nights on AERO space parts production some weeks 12 nights long. lived a great life WHEN not at work.. March 2003 it stopped overnight.. We had a family of 5 home, 3 bed extended semi nice area but no income for me, only the wifes.. what to do.. Sold it all up, bought into Jaywick, was a small bungalow on 2 1/2 plots, we had it extended, eventually ended up with a patio, a grandkids fenced off garden, a 26 foot long car port for my landrovers behind a gated entrance in the next road.. Own it all outright and been retired here 18 years so far, sadly the wife only had 12 years in retirement bless her but she lived life well before cancer took her/ thats life it happens.. SO GLAD I SOLD UP EARLY AND RETIRED.. Here till I die, and still "only" 74 - lol
Jaywick has such a beautiful beach I hope it could be developed as a holiday resort. Back in the sixties I had a school friend who lived in a mansion whose family had a holiday home here.
wow
I recall seeing something somewhere that Jaywick was the victim of NIMBY-ism from neighbouring areas thus denying them facilities. It eventually became run down and a place where people were effectively "dumped" because it was cheap.
I am so happy to see that there is some life being injected into the area - not surprising really as a nice location on the Essex Coast with house and land prices such as they are would never ever remain cheap for long - the seaside will always attract people and bring in speculation - it is I think how Jaywick started.
Just look on rightmove house sales for CO152JZ for local prices, yes some are ex rental but lots are nice owned properties with prices rising fast at last. The beach front walkway shown has nice sized bungalows for well over £200.000 while ex rentals in the worst part of brooklands go for £50.000 with lots needing work before the buy to let landlords buy them..You pays your money and takes your pick as always.
Spent many happy holidays in Jaywick in the late 1970's early 1980's so this brought back such great memories :) thank you.
You are welcome david
This walk with me video brought memories flooding back as last time I visited Jaywick was to go out on a small boat to visit the LV 18 lightship broadcasting an RSL of Radio North Sea in 1994.
Looks more inviting nowadays.
Thank you Tim.
thanks for watching the video :-)
I looked it up Tim a couple of 3 beds from £195,000-£250.
A beautiful beach.
Lets hope they can bring it back to how it once was all those years ago.
Great walk Tim👏
wow bargin
Interesting fact - The male supermodel David Gandy used to have his childhood holidays in Jaywick. I suspect it was at the then Tower Caravan Park (now Martello beach holiday Park). Where a lot of (myself included) low income families from Essex used to and still go.
I used to go to Jaywick about 40 years ago in the summer with my family... It used to be a great gem of a place and the beach itself was beautiful... Thanks for the video... Such memories
I totally agree!
Jaywick, like a few places in the UK has had its run of unfortunate circumstances. However, it is obvious that money is now being wisely circumvented to aid its reprisal. A positive and finely balanced vid, Tim. 👍
Oh wow! We used to go to Jaywick on holiday when I was a kid back in the 60s
I’m glad to see they are giving it a dust up (was long overdue) thanks for the vlog Tim
Seems like polishing a turd but Tendring District Council have done wonders with Clacton's seafront, so I guess we'll see.
there is some investment going on
There lies the problem though Tendring council and Clacton udc before it never spent a penny on Jaywick . Happy enough to take the rate money but until they were shamed into it didn't spend there . They wouldn't even put water mains, electricity or drainage in originally . They were against the original holiday chalets in Brooklands at the beginning and then pretended they weren't there for 50 years ..
Hello Tim, great video,Jaywick looks a nice place to live and different things to see.a barcode is a brilliant idea to scan to see what it was like.
All the Avenues are named after cars; Bentley, Vauxhall, Daimler, Rover, Morris, Austin, Fiat etc.
Jaywick is not a terrible place. I think he problem is that it comes under Tendring District and has no council of its own. It needs to be incorporated as a proper town with a Mayor and Town councillors who can clean the place up. Thanks for uploading.
I really enjoyed that one Tim. I was very surprised after watching the TV programs, it looks like it could be a great holiday destination again, let's hope so. Thanks for going 👍👍
Happy holidays!
That little kiosk that you are in front of at the beginning, I’m amazed it’s still there, I use to get an ice cream from there as a child. I was born in Clacton in 1963.
Great to see Jay wick turning it self round and Great to see new developments Great video Tim
its got to start somewhere
Hi Tim
Thumbs up for Jaywick👍👍
Thanks 👍
Seen this place on the TV ages ago..It certainly looks better than it did back then..Love your videos by the way 👏👏
Thanks
I used to go to Clacton when I was a kid. luvd it. We did that for 16 years. Don't remember going to jaywick. From UK 🇬🇧👍👍
Great video, nice positive spin for a change. Please try and go back to Jaywick Martello Tower - Thurs -Sun 10am -4pm (weekends only Oct - March), it’s a great Arts, Heritage and Community venue, and a bargain for £1 (children under 14 free and dogs welcome). 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I think so
It was scrubland where the palm trees are at the beginning of 2021, still got the pics on my phone when I was unfortunate enough to have to deliver a mobility scooter there. Clacton itself is so bad it's known Crackton.
Thanks Tim great video very interesting look forward to the next Yvonne 😊
When I was a teenager I use to go on holiday with my parents every summer we use to meet up with other family members who use to have different bungalow s in rosemary way glebe way we use to drink regularly in never say die pub thank u Tim for ur tour it brought back happy memories from david Peterborough 😊
You are welcome thanks for watching david
I really enjoy ur walks maybe ur do one further into jaywick in glebe way and rosemary way estate as the bungalows were very nice b interesting to see how things have changed since I was last there one day U may have a stroll thanks again tim
Hay Tim. Just been in touch with my sister and she said we had been there as kids. I thought the name sounded familiar. But wasn't sure. How cool is that. from UK 🇬🇧👍👍
My grandparents currently live on the edge of Jaywick, and even though i go down multiple times a year, i had no idea any of this redevelopment was happening, i suppose because we normally head east towards Clacton rather then into Jaywick proper. It'll be interesting to see how it changes over the next few years
We used to go to Clacton when we were kids great memories😊
This brought back memories. When I was a kid, we used to holiday at Butlins Clacton. On a certain day there used to be a market on in Jaywick and we would walk there along the front. Every single year we made that walk, until my brother and I were old enough to be left at the camp while mum and Dad went.
wow that butlins in Clacton was massive
hi tim great video thank you hope you and your wife have a lovely xmas and new year.
Thanks and you
about 30 years ago this used to be my friends favourite holiday place, it's a shame how it's looking now , but the beach is amazing x
the best in Essex :-)
When I was young my mum and dad didn't have a lot of cash and we had a holiday there and as my parents became more wealthy we went to so called better places but the holiday in jawick was the best ever and me and my brother and sister will always remember it, jawick is not so bad
I grew up in Walton on the Naze and knew Jaywick well. Once Butlins went, Jaywick was out on a limb and things went downhill. Stunning beach (as is Walton’s😊) really hope things improve as last time I was there it was awful and I felt sad.
Jaywick benefits by the sea is a must watch for those that are interested. Can be found on YT.
A great insight in to what Jaywick was years ago..
Enjoyed the vid Tim
Another informative video Tim and well put together. I have never been but the usual press hasn't been about the positives so well done showing a different side to the place.
Absolutely
My Nan and Grandad had a bungalow down Humber Avenue back in the 50’s. They took me there many times when I was a boy.
I remember the Elsan man coming round to collect the contents of the loo.
Going to Brooklands club with them on a Saturday night, fun times.
I am a jaywick resident. Thank you for your unbiased opinion and no hate, i follow you anyway, but defo one of my favourites now ❤
Wow! I'm so glad to see its changing for the better. We used to avoid the area.
Wow, looks really nice with the sandy beach right nearby.
Very interesting to see the beach bar! I worked there for years! made lots of happy memories. Shame to see it all closed up.
Very interesting to see the beach! I worked there for years! made lots of happy memories. Shame to see it all closed up.
We used to spend our holidays in Jaywick, some 70 years ago. I was 4 or 5, my sisters and I still remember it well. We came from Romford and it was magic.
I'd never heard of Jaywick until I saw the TV program about people on benefits in the town the crime and deprivation. I did think at the time that it should be better for a family than a large council estate and the wee cottages could be nice if they were better maintained. The people featured in the programme though seemed more interested in drinking, fighting and complaining
I would love to see you guys do an overnight stay at Alton Towers for a vlog that would be awesome and something I think would get good views for the channel, binged your content recent, love it thanks 👍
we had planned It but had to change dates .. its coming soon
@@WalkWithMeTim What a legend! looking forward to it mate 👍
Phone at the ready and tv poised I can't remember anything on tv say anything good about jaywick and I know you will do it proud
Best thing about Jaywick is it's beech! Personally I've always preferred to spend time around the Jaywick beach bar, and loved that I could get a cup of tea/something to eat/ice cream. Used to visit with my dog when she was alive and she loved spending time on the beach. You can walk along the sea front all the way to Clacton. The area is very run down and looks unloved, I suspect the local council has little interest in the poorer area that is Jaywick and hasn't invested a lot of time or money there. Last time I was there (3 yrs ago) all street lights were turned off at midnight (great for burglars!). Watched bin men remove household waste, drop lots on the ground and just leave it there to fly around! Go in middle of winter, and you'll be depressed in no time!
I've always thought Jaywick has a charm of its own, thanks for posting this video
Loved Jaywick / Clacton and spent many years with my family there in the 70s & 80s! Shame it’s had a lack of investment as used to be awesome. So many happy memories of my childhood, Butlins, Jaywick market, lovely times!
Nice video.. Glad there doing work there :). You should have popped round the corner to St Osyth or Point Clear while you were so close
Also, there is actually a genuinely great curtain shop in Jaywick, they have pictures of all the celebrities that have bought their curtains from there, I’m not even joking.
There it is! Sweet Tina’s! You just walked past it 😊
I find Jaywick strangely appealing and feel I could happily live there. It looks kind of retro, and scruffy but comfortable. It's also good that much effort is taking place to remove the rough edges. I understand what you mean when you liken it to Venice Beach, but comparing the two is, in football terms, like comparing the Premier League to the National League. Venice Beach has great infrastructure, while Jaywick has small stands with few or no facilities.
They were lovely back in the day when they were holiday homes people owned.
Now it's mostly owned by lazy landlords and rented out to people on housing benefit
I will visit this part of the coast in a couple of years to give it a chance of developing
Nice top by the way 👏 👌
lol thanks
Such ana amzing video tim keep bein amazing 🥰
I've become slightly obsessed with Jaywick, for some reason, even though I live in New Zealand! I've watched a number of videos on it, and feel like I'd like to live there. It looks laid-back and 'cosy', just the sort of town I prefer. Mind you, I live across the harbour from the beach you see in my channel's banner image, so I'm already living the good life! P.S. I was born in England, but my parents moved to NZ in the 1960's.
wow
It's funny because I live in England and I'm obsessed with a NZ town called Coromandel
As I commented originally, a very fair and balanced video. I am pleased that you decided to make it available to a wider audience. Jaywick, like almost anywhere, will have some not so good aspects.
Well said!
Another good video in jaywick looks a nice place haven't been there Tim
Devastated I did not know you were within the area! I used to be in Clacton! Love your videos!
Great Video Tim I liked Jaywick as the way it could be.
I think it's got alot potential for Tourism with the lovely beach.
Hope the Redevelopments are all well on the way by next year, be interesting to see how it's going on!
I hope so too!
@@WalkWithMeTim fingers crossed the future is looking brighter for Jaywick.
You walked the end of Jaywick known as Brooklands where the streets are named after makes if Cars and that end has always been the lest best place even back in the 50s especially after the big storm and flood when theses breached the wall
I spent a lot of my childhood in jaywick in the 1970s and spent many happy times with my children right next to that little hut on the beach, jaywick has a bad reputation but I still enjoy visiting to this day and it’s good to see investment put into the area.
To a degree this looks sort of nice because it hasn't been developed very much. There aren't cheap multicoloured printed signs plastered on every available surface like a lot of the other UK beachfronts.
Was just thinking that. Nice to be somewhere without all the mod cons. Who knows, maybe people will crave this sort of ‘underdevelopment’ in the future. Of course the area needs job etc but not sure it needs any fancy new homes.
Yes, when I saw the walkway, first thing I thought was Venice.
yes defo
I remember the documentary few years ago so it's good to see it getting regenerated.
Great video 📷📸
Your videos always make me smile :))
im glad I can help lol
It would be lovely to see jaywick back on it feet !!😊😊
This whole place is way beyond surreal!
Thanks Tim 🤗👍
Any time
I’ve seen videos on this place before and I quite like it. I know what you mean about Venice Beach, that and a 70’s holiday park. I’ve just checked on property prices, around £350,000 for a bungalow. Cheers Tim.
wow
Looks like there are so many people are moving houses, even seeing things getting damage and destroyed it quite sad. Even seeing rubbish being damped, it doesn't look that nice. It is quite good that you can get a bit of history when visiting Jaywick, looks like everyone went on there hoildays back in them days. Now look at it now! It be very interesting to see that new building to see how well it does.
Interesting you can see Martello Tower there, my brother lives in Martello Bay just round the corner from it