Southend Central Museum
Southend Central Museum is a museum in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The museum houses collections of local and natural history and contains a planetarium constructed by astronomer Harry Ford in 1984.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Southend-on-Sea, England
- Also known as: “Central Museum, Southend”
- Address: Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EW
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southend Victoria railway station and Southend Central railway station.
Southend Victoria railway station
Railway station
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England.
Southend Central railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southend Central railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line and is one of two primary stations serving the city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Southend Central railway station is situated 1,800 feet south of Southend Central Museum.
South Essex College
College
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education or simply South Essex College, trading as South Essex Colleges Group, is a college of further education, higher education and adult education in South Essex, England. South Essex College is situated 1,600 feet south of Southend Central Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westcliff-on-Sea and Eastwood.
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!
Eastwood
Suburb
Photo: william, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastwood is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It was formerly a civil parish, the main part of which was absorbed into the municipal borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1933. Eastwood is situated 2 miles northwest of Southend Central Museum.
Leigh-on-Sea
Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leigh-on-Sea is a beautiful old fishing port on the London side of Southend-on-Sea on the south coast of Essex. Visitor venues in Leigh can be divided into three zones.
Southend Central Museum
- Categories: natural history museum, local museum, planetarium, local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.54227° or 51° 32′ 32″ northLongitude
0.71078° or 0° 42′ 39″ eastOpen location code
9F32GPR6+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 50831146OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7569537
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In Other Languages
“Southend Central Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Southend Central Museum”
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