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.Photo: Dammmmian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Adventure Island and Pier Head railway station.
Adventure Island
Theme park
Photo: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adventure Island is a theme 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. Adventure Island is situated 3,300 feet north of Southend Pier.
Pier Head railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Southend Pier Railway is a 3 ft narrow gauge railway in the English city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It runs for 1.25 miles along the 1.34-mile length of Southend Pier, providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pier head. Pier Head railway station is situated 2,700 feet south of Southend Pier.
Shore railway station
Railway station
The Southend Pier Railway is a 3 ft narrow gauge railway in the English city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It runs for 1.25 miles along the 1.34-mile length of Southend Pier, providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pier head. Shore railway station is situated 3,300 feet north of Southend Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westcliff-on-Sea and North Shoebury.
Westcliff-on-Sea
Suburb
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southend-on-Sea is a seaside resort about 40 miles east of London at the mouth of the River Thames Estuary. It's famous for its Victorian pleasure pier, the longest in the world! Westcliff-on-Sea is situated 2 miles northwest of Southend Pier.
North Shoebury
Suburb
Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Shoebury is part of Shoeburyness, a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. North Shoebury was historically a separate village and parish. North Shoebury is situated 3 miles northeast of Southend Pier.
Shoeburyness
Town
Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shoeburyness, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre. Shoeburyness is situated 3½ miles east of Southend Pier.
Southend Pier
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: pleasure pier in Southend-on-Sea
- Categories: pier and tourism
- Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.52386° or 51° 31′ 26″ northLongitude
0.71959° or 0° 43′ 11″ eastUnited Nations Location Code
GB SNDOpen location code
9F32GPF9+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 30726754OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pierOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11153458Wikidata ID
Q6273174
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Romanian—“Southend Pier” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Southendské molo”
- German: “Southend Pier”
- Italian: “Pontile di Southend”
- Japanese: “サウスエンド・ピア”
- Japanese: “サウスエンド埠頭”
- Polish: “Southend Pier”
- Portuguese: “Píer Southend”
- Portuguese: “Southend Pier”
- Romanian: “Digul Southend”
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