The development has a house manager and 24 hour Careline. Residents benefit from a residents' lounge and communal laundry room. There is a lift to all floors and residents can reserve the guest suite for visitors. There are maintained communal gardens.
St Osyth is surrounded by open countryside and close to the Essex coastline. The village lies about about fives miles to the west of Clacton-on-Sea and eight miles from Colchester. To the west of the village centre is Mill Street which leads to a small harbour and St Osyth beach. The village has a good range of shops and amenities including doctors' surgery, chemist, newsagents, post office, hairdressers, mini-supermarket and inns and restaurants.
Clacton lies just to the east of the Blackwater estuary and remains a family seaside resort. Its heyday was in the 20th century when it was home to a Butlins with its swimming pools, pier, promenade and amusement arcades. In the 17th and 18th centuries it is thought the town was home to a smuggling fraternity with tunnels linking St John's Church with various inns and houses in the area. Three Martello towers stand on the coast.
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