Discover Southend on Sea, Essex, UK

All together now: "oh I do like to be beside the seaside, oh I do like to be beside the sea...." Southend on Sea, on the Essex coastline, is a quintessential British seaside town with all the trimmings you'd expect, plus the Longest Pier in the World at a whopping 2.14km. It has an incredible seven miles of beautiful sandy beaches (including three blue flag beaches and seven quality coast awards), so it is no surprise that the majority of Southend's activity is focussed on the sand and seafront.