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Southend-on-Sea Travel Guide: 120 reviews and 181 photos
Southend on sea is the classic day-trip seaside resort.
Due to this fact (Note it's nickname of Whitechapel on sea) it has relatively few hotels and guest houses compared other seaside resorts in easy reach of London such as Brighton.
Southend thus has few pretensions -and is about good 'ole working class fun - amusement arcardes, candyfloss, beer and chasing tarts - what could be better?
Southend is also a large town in it's own right, and is in fact the largest urban area in East Anglia.
- Pros:Bracing Thames Estuary air & the Pier
- Cons:Idiots in souped up Escorts (the car that is)
- In a nutshell:London-on-sea
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Excellent walk & a bit of history
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One of the best walks in the area (about 3-4 miles) that is close to Southend is as described below. Either take the... more travel advice
Not actually that fishy - and no chips !
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Despite it's name this restaurant had long been a stalwart of good dining in Southend. They do a full range of Italian... more travel advice
The pier Museum
Off The Beaten Path
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Very few people seem to realise that tucked away somewhere underneath the train station at the land end of the pier... more travel advice
The Longest pleasure pier in the world
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The one thing that the world knows about Southend-on-Sea is it's pier. It sticks out into the Thames estuary for well... more travel advice
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Comments (7)
Very catchy name for this little seaside town. Interesting page.
Very funny! And also quite useful too, to your usual standard :-)
This takes me back - I had my first summer-job in a Southend greasy spoon - Las Vegas Grill! you seem to have captured all the finer points of Southend!
Theme park, gambling, funicular, beach … really tempting. I’d go see that artistic show just for fun with some good friends.
Las Vegas doesn't have jellied eels or pie mash and liquor either. Not sure if that's a good thing!
Love Hadleigh Castle very much :) Thanks for sharing!!!
Spot on with your comments... great to read this... what, may I ask, led you to Southend?