Southend Pier

It's Summer time in Sunny Southend-on-Sea! You've been waiting all year to take the kids down to the seaside for some traditional seaside children's activities, and some good old-fashioned family fun. You may...

So as I sit here leading up to ‘The Lights Out’ campaign, it got me thinking about how our lovely Southend played its part during those horrendous 4 years that our great grandparents lived through and what...

A brief glimpse into Southend's history over the past century, with decade-by-decade photographs. Southend in the 1900s Southend seafront in 1902 - by Ray Munns Photography. FACT: In 1902, there was a...

You've no doubt heard (or have even been woken up by) the loud roars of thunder during the weekend. The flashes of lightning illuminating the room through your curtains. The rain hammering angrily upon your...

We do love seeing Southend-on-Sea on the screen! Whether it's seeing our sunny Southend seaside in a TV advert, or our sunny Southend seaside in a music video, we're proud of our picturesque little seaside...

Wedding Bells are ringing! So the wedding season is upon us, I can almost hear the bells and see the confetti. As well as seeing the sparkle from the beautiful engagement rings that a fair few of my very good...

Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 #bankholiday #southend #beach #seaside #greatbritishseaside #superhoops #icecream #original #rossi #qpr #nomnomnom...

What is a twin town? The idea behind town twinning came about after the second world war, to establish friendships between different cultures and mend relationships broken by the war, as well as encouraging...

Love Southend's favourite pick of Instagrams this month in no particular order: 1 #beach #goodfriday #beachhut #spring #southend #southendonsea #essex #england #igessex #thames...

If you're like me (and everyone else I've asked while trying to compile this list) you've often said to yourself or your friends, "Oh yeah, totally! I'm totally gonna just do that one day". We know we won't....