5.5 miles North of Clacton-on-Sea
Population 2,018

A picturesque village with rural traditions and an abundance of historic buildings especially noticeable in the High Street which is lined with many attractive cottages, shops, restaurants and inns dating from various periods over the past few centuries. The housing is varied and mainly clustered to the North of the village centre where there is a primary school and a high school/sixth form college. Other facilities include a sports recreation ground and mainline railway station located South of the village. Thorpe's most famous resident was probably 'Sir William Gull', a royal physician who after his death in 1890 was linked as a suspect in the notorious 'Jack The Ripper' murders. Landermere Quay is situated in a picturesque setting 1.5 miles north of the village centre.