Clacton-on-Sea Technical College in the late 1970s. The town is served by three secondary schools, Clacton Coastal Academy, Clacton County High School and Tendring Enterprise Studio School. The Colchester Institute has a site on Church Road and Thomas Road. Adult Community Learning, run by Essex County Council, is situated in St Osyth Road. Clacton-on-Sea is located at the terminus of the A133 road which runs between Clacton and Colchester. The town is served by Clacton-on-Sea railway station (90 minutes to London Liverpool Street station) via the Sunshine Coast Line whose two branches (the other runs from Walton-on-the-Naze) converge before Thorpe-le-Soken. The
Holland-on-Sea trunk roads and motorways), public rights of way and libraries. Most County Councillors are not paid a salary, but receive a basic allowance for the work they do. The town is part of the Clacton parliamentary constituency. The current MP is Giles Watling (Conservative). There are seven Eastern MEPs that represent this area in the European Parliament. They scrutinise proposed European laws and the budget of the European Union, and provide oversight of its other decision-making bodies. The current MEPs are Vicky Ford (Conservative), Andrew Duff (Liberal Democrat), David Campbell Bannerman (Conservative), Stuart Agnew (UK Independence), Richard Howitt (Labour), Geoffrey