Bright, vibrant and exciting - Southend offers a glorious seven mile stretch of coastline. Award-winning beaches, beautiful parks and gardens, family fun attractions, museums, art galleries and exhilarating watersports.
Take a walk along the world's longest pleasure pier (stretching 1.33 miles in the Thames estuary) - ride the little trains to the end. Children will love Adventure Island (brave the thrilling ‘Rage’ roller coaster), or head underwater at the Sealife Adventure to come face-to-face with sharks.
Southend's pedestrianised High Street is one of the region's top shopping destinations. When it gets dark there are fashionable nightspots, casinos and pubs, as well as theatre and classical music venues. Eating out can be whatever your mood dictates, from fish and chips on the Golden Mile to high class restaurants. Don’t miss some seafood al fresco style at the quaint cockle fishing village of Leigh-on-Sea.
Southend also holds a year round calendar of spectacular events.
Must see and do
- Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea
- Sealife Adventure, Southend-on-Sea
- Central Museum and Planetarium, Southend-on-Sea
- Prittlewell Priory, Southend-on-Sea
- Southchurch Hall Museum, Southend-on-Sea
- Southend Pier Museum, Southend-on-Sea
- Southend Pier, Southend-on-Sea
- Southend Airshow, Southend-on-Sea
- Southend Carnival, Southend-on-Sea
- Old Leigh Regatta, Leigh-on-Sea