Heya, hopefully I can help out
I took a trial flying lesson at Clacton back in November. I flew in a Cessna 152, registration G-BNKP. The aircraft I flew in was immaculate both inside and outside and the others sitting around looked to be in equal condition.
As I live in the North-West corner of Ipswich I asked if there was any chance we'd be able to make it up and back in 30 minutes. My instructor very enthusiastically gave it a go, and we made it
We flew from Clacton up over the Orwell Bridge, over the South of Ipswich, round to the North West, then headed straight back down to Clacton. We landed on runway 36 if memory serves me correctly, so flew out over the coast at Clacton, then back in over the road (with street lights I was sure we would hit...) The instructor was very knowledgable and answered my questions about the CPL also.
It was a very good trip, the airfield if licenced, and Clacton is one of the cheapest places ive found to learn to fly. (£99/hour all included). Ive since started learning "properly" at Monewden Airfield to the North of Ipswich as it is only 20 minutes away from me, but was planning to learn at Clacton until I found this airfield