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The Jaywick Miniature Railway was a 18 in (457 mm) [1] narrow gauge railway running along the seafront of the Essex coastline, connecting Clacton on Sea to the recently opened holiday resort of Jaywick. [2] It opened in July 1936 and closed in September 1939 following the outbreak of World War II. [3] After the war three coaches were sold to the New Brighton Miniature Railway. The latter closed in 1965, and the coaches were then transferred to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. [4] The vertical boiler steam locomotive survives, in much rebuilt form, preserved by the Ashover Light Railway Society at Rowsley South. [5]
