Southend-on-Sea

Worth seeing in and around Southend-on-Sea

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Roots Hall

   Roots Hall is a football stadium located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The stadium is the home ground of the National League team Southend United.

   1.5 km · association football stadium in Southend-on-Sea · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Southend Pier

   Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Extending 1.33 miles into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world.

   1.8 km · pleasure pier in Southend-on-Sea · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell

   The Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial or Prittlewell princely burial is a high-status Anglo-Saxon burial mound which was excavated at Prittlewell, north of Southend-on-Sea, in the English county of Essex. Artefacts found by archaeologists in the burial chamber are of a quality that initially suggested that this tomb in Prittlewell was a tomb of one of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Essex, and the discovery of golden foil crosses indicate that the burial was of an early Anglo-Saxon Christian.

   1.9 km · Archeological site in Essex, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Adventure Island

   Adventure Island is a themed amusement park in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The site of the theme park flanks the north end of Southend Pier and has been a theme park since 1976 when the land now forming the west side of the park was purchased by the Miller family.

   600 m · amusement park · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Beecroft Art Gallery

   Beecroft Art Gallery is an art gallery in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The gallery is housed in the former municipal central library that opened in 1974 in the brutalist style as part of Southend Civic Centre.

   600 m · art gallery in Southend-on-Sea · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Rochford Hall

   Rochford Hall is a manor in Rochford, Essex, England. During the reign of King Henry VIII, it belonged to Thomas Boleyn, who was then Viscount Rochford, and it was the marital home of his daughter Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn, and Mary's second husband, Sir William Stafford.

   4.9 km · Grade I listed building in Rochford, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Laurence and All Saints Church

   St Laurence and All Saints is a Grade I listed medieval church in the parish of Eastwood, Essex, England, near to Southend-on-Sea. Its location adjacent to the perimeter of London Southend Airport has led to the church being threatened by proposals to expand the airport.

   3.9 km · church in Southend-on-Sea, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Cliff Town Congregational Church

   The Cliff Town Congregational Church is a Grade II listed church in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It was designed by W. Allen Dixon in around 1865.

   300 m · building in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   The Forum Southend-on-Sea

   The Forum Southend-on-Sea, locally known simply as The Forum, is a building located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The Central Library and Focus Art Gallery are housed in the building.

   200 m · public library in Southend-on-Sea, Essex · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cliffs Pavilion

    Cliffs Pavilion is a theatre, sports, exhibition and concert venue located on Station Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, a suburb within the city of Southend-on-Sea. It is the largest purpose-built arts venue in Essex, and the largest capacity of any theatre in the East of England.

    1.2 km · Theatre and exhibition venue in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Southend-on-Sea

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 51 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 76 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 82 km

Stations

London Southend Airport, 3.9 km · Southend Victoria railway station, 500 m · Southend Airport railway station, 3.5 km · Southend Central railway station, 200 m · Prittlewell railway station, 1.5 km

• London, Essex → Southend-on-Sea

  58 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £6–8
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  58 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £6–8
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• Luton, Luton → Southend-on-Sea

  87 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
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