Pier Head 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.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station at end of Southend Pier
Also known as: “Pier Head” and “Pier Head railway station, Southend-on-Sea”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Southend Pier and Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station.

Southend Pier

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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. Southend Pier is situated 2,700 feet north of Pier Head railway station.

Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station

Building

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Southend-on-Sea lifeboat station is a lifeboat station at Southend-on-Sea in the English county of Essex, operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since 1879. Southend-on-Sea Lifeboat Station is situated 840 feet southeast of Pier Head railway station.

Adventure Island

Theme park

Photo: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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. Adventure Island is situated 1¼ miles north of Pier Head railway station.

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 2½ miles northwest of Pier Head railway station.

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 Pier Head railway station.

Shoeburyness

Town

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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 Pier Head railway station.

Pier Head railway station

Categories: tourism, station, and transportation
Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.51648° or 51° 30′ 59″ north

Longitude

0.72134° or 0° 43′ 17″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F32GP8C+HG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6095983695

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=light_railway

Wikidata ID

Q30623765

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In Other Languages

“Pier Head railway station” goes by many names.

French: “Pier Head, Southend-on-Sea”

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