Short Breaks from Southend-on-Sea

Contrary to popular belief, Southend, or ‘Saaarfend’ as many prefer to pronounce it, has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the South-East of England, not least due to it’s many appearances on EastEnders. Many tourist attractions are currently available to the public, with more and more attractions opening all the time. The most popular of which, the Southend High Street is the most popular of which, very popular with those who are tired of large shopping centers such as Lakeside or Bluewater, and allows shopping in the open air, in a car-free environment. Another popular attraction, Southend’s ...

Me and my family decided to go to Southend just after the Easter period, because we went with the majorettes and we did a carnival there which was a night one. We got there early in the day and spent the day looking around and going on the fun fair. It was brilliant and so was the canival. We did the canival at about 6pm and half way we had a firework display. We were really excited and enjoyed ourselves even though it was a long day and we returned home at 2am. So this was the basic reason for a short stay at Southend. The train jouney to Southend Victoria was ok the services were running on time and was not late, they wasn't even busy, which was good for my ...

Is it Southend on Sea OR Southend on Mud? That really depends! Southend on sea certainly has a beach, and when the sun shines its sort of pebbly/sandy. But when the tide is out, it turns into mud, and quite ugly to look at! But that’s just one thing, what about the rest? Trains Arriving at one of the three train stations in Southend (Victoria, Central, or East) - Victoria, it was sun shining (Don’t worry it didn’t last too long). However, we began our walk to the well sign-posted sea front. It was a simple and almost straight walk to the sea front, which lasted around 15 minutes, or so. Around seven trains an hour arrive in ...