Southend-on-Sea Town Centre & Seafront Walk 🍦 Essex, UK

[@WatchedWalker]

WAYS TO SUPPORT CHANNEL/THANK ME One-off Tip - ko-fi.com/watchedwalker Monthly Pledge - patreon.com/watchedwalker Buy Merch - watchedwalker.creator-spring.com SEE VIDEO DESCRIPTION FOR CAMERA USED SIGHTS SEEN WITHIN THIS VIDEO 0:00:10 - Southend Victoria Train Station - served by greateranglia trains 0:01:40 - Victoria Shopping Centre - over forty stores and cafés offering a fabulous array of products, services, eats and treats 0:03:01 - Molo Lounge - bar 0:07:18 - The Dickens - pub 0:09:25 - The Last Post Free House - pub 0:09:52 - Southend Central Train Station - served by c2c trains 0:12:53 - The Last Post, JD Wetherspoon - pub 0:15:08 - The Royals Shopping Centre - with high-street fashion, jewellery and home stores, plus hairdressers and cafés 0:15:29 - Royal Fish & Chips - takeaway 0:15:54 - Chips Station - takeaway with the best of Belgium chips 0:17:26 - The Royal Hotel - British restaurant & cocktail bar in a 1791 hotel with afternoon tea & period decor 0:19:56 - Pier Hill Lift with observation deck 0:20:20 - Park Inn by Radisson Palace, Southend-on-Sea - 3-star hotel 0:25:35 - Sunspot Amusements - video arcade 0:26:39 - Clarkes Fish Restaurant - takeaway 0:26:50 - The Borough Hotel - pub 0:27:22 - Electric Avenue Amusements - video arcade 0:28:10 - Chinnerys Southend - pub & live music venue 0:28:25 - New York New York - video arcade 0:28:53 - Monte Carlo - amusement & casino 0:29:23 - The Hope Hotel - 3-star hotel 0:29:44 - Stardust - casino 0:30:21 - Neptunes - fish restaurant 0:30:33 - Wimpy - fast food 0:30:41 - Las Vegas - video arcade 0:31:42 - Happidrome - video arcade 0:33:00 - The Kursaal - opened in 1901 as part of one of the world’s first purpose-built amusement parks, building now vacant except for a Tesco Express store 0:34:01 - The Britannia - fish & chips restaurant 0:34:11 - Fantasia Amusements - video arcade 0:35:09 - Sealife Adventure - sea life aquarium with sharks in walk-through tunnel tank, plus rays, turtles and insect displays 0:35:45 - Atlantis Club - pub 0:38:21 - Jubilee Beach 0:39:04 - Wish You Were Here - restaurant 0:39:24 - Arnold Palmer Mini Golf 0:46:02 - Pebbles One - cafe & beach terrace 0:46:55 - Hares About Town - public art trail featuring hare sculptures, each one individually designed by an artist and sponsored by a business 0:49:27 - Adventure Island - free-admission fun park with more than 40 rides and attractions from rollercoasters to ghost trains 0:58:28 - Three Shells Lagoon 1:00:46 - Southend Pier and Railway - seasonal museum on the pier with 19th & early-20th-century train cars, slot machines & costumes 1:05:03 - Entrance to Southend Pier - extending 1.33 miles (2.14 km) into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world 1:09:38 - Southend Cliff Lift - one of only a few surviving funicular railways and is now Britains shortest railway, and the only single track funicular railway in Britain! 1:13:08 - Roberto’s Beachside - ice cream shop 1:17:05 - Genting Casino Westcliff - casino 1:20:04 - Thames Estuary Yacht Club 1:20:46 - Southend Cliff Gardens - a blend of formal and informal gardens with beautiful views across the Thames Estuary 1:22:10 - Cliffs Pavilion - theatre plus dining with dramatic views of the city 1:26:16 - Westcliff Beach with beautiful views at dusk :)

[@michaellamy6802]

Lovely place

[@rooaiken2178]

Great video. I used to go to Southend most weekends with mum and dad when I was a kid (over 50 years ago). It looks so very different now. Thanks for posting. 😁😁😁

[@Miawallce80]

.my hometown.... I'm a.born and bread Southender..... Been living in Australia for the last 20 years!!! Thanks for putting this up xxx

[@jcullifer]

I’m from the US but worked in Southend-on-Sea many years ago. Thank you for the tour! Nice to see what’s new and what’s the same.

[@krob2327]

You wouldn’t like it now. It’s being taken over by Londoners who really hate Essex people....

[@darrellleverkuhn2204]

This was great!!! I’d never heard of this place before. I’d like to go see it myself on my next visit to England. Thanks for sharing.

[@LM-oz5cw]

I love Southend in the summer time!

[@perismuthoni6951]

Planning to move here soon..its beautiful

[@johnmh1000]

Thanks for this WW. Southend is my home town. If anyone is interested the green domed buildings at 5.00 & 5.50 were part of the original Odeon cinema. The Beatles and Laurel & Hardy performed there back in the day.

[@StennMathis]

What's it like living round there these days, mate? Looking to possibly move out that way

[@johnmh1000]

@@StennMathis Like every other high street, Southend has it's quota of closed shops and business and parts of the town are run down. However balance that against a growing and lively arts scene, an historical quarter off the seafront, great beaches, lovely countryside, an ancient woodland (Hockley) just 20 mins drive away. Oh and it's a University City with a campus for the University of Essex. It was granted City status a few months ago. Off now to apply for a job with Southend's tourist dept...

[@StennMathis]

@@johnmh1000 Cool. Barking boy who spent a ton of time out in essex proper from infancy onwards lost in London and looking to fk off back out to Essex. Cheers for that mate and best of luck with your application.

[@johnmh1000]

@@StennMathis Thanks mate. hope to see you soon in the district maybe. Pints on me.

[@willrussell-z6g]

NO, NO ITS NOT PAL.LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@puffymuffin9064]

Heard about Southend on Sea looks a nice place to be maybe one day I will visit there

[@SEOUL1]

The Southend-on-Sea Town Centre & Seafront sky is clear and great for walking and sightseeing. Thank you for the video. I love it 🙏💖🥰

[@lesterbangs3417]

Oi! Oi! Chav central by the seaside. I kind of like it.

[@MENSA.lady2]

Southend with sunshine, that's a surprise.

[@nikki2604]

Makes me want to move, Southend used to be such a lovely place now it looks dirty, litter filled and unkept but it’s nice seeing people having fun and enjoying it and it’s a great video

[@namalpresath4579]

Hi can i be you men we can create beautiful life together this is honest request from me hope you text me

[@puffymuffin9064]

Me too

[@krob2327]

It’s a multi ethnic shi*tehole

[@alrightwithms845]

Thanks for uploading. I lived in Southend 20 years ago. Many memories 🤗

[@WeatherNerdRN]

As an American This looks so lovely to me. Guess we all want what we don’t have 😂

[@lesterbangs3417]

And as our walk fades into the Sarfend sunset we are quietly reminded of bygone times: Beside the seaside, Beside the sea!

[@krob2327]

It’s a nasty place. There’s no history and it’s tacky

[@brendamunro3700]

Appreciate you taking the time to show us a different part of the U.K. A perfect ending to the day.

[@krob2327]

It’s a nasty place. Telling who chooses to visit. No idea of whats good. It used to be ok but too much concrete and glass now. No sense of history

[@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471]

so many great memories of this place - thx i thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@Albanwinter]

Nice, calming sunset views there at the end. Hope to make it to Southend someday.

[@christopherhayto1089]

don't bother lived there for 36 years use to love it there but turned into a sewer could not wait to leave

[@krob2327]

@@christopherhayto1089 it’s now a multi ethnic shitehole

[@anne-liseeikahansen]

A beautiful place. Thank you for sharing!

[@Dalarus]

Thanks for this video. I moved to the States in 2003 and really missed the old girl sometimes.

[@WanderinginMotion]

lovely walk! the seafront is very calming!

[@kouyate24]

Thanku for the video 😊 Never been to Southend on Sea but I was shocked by the amount of litter everywhere which is a shame. I know it's down to the scum that drop it and it shouldn't be down to others to clean it up, but sadly it really lets the town down

[@ivyanddadmetaldetectinguk9192]

You should see the state of it on a busy day 😳, I live here and it still shocks me what’s left on the beaches at the end of the day

[@nikkimae813]

As a local, it's not us mostly. It's usually people visiting leaving their rubbish here. If it's not sunny, it's not normally super filled with rubbish.

[@suzyhazelwood9942]

I really enjoyed this walk... I've never been to Southend, so very interesting to see it in more detail.😎 Last year I didn't get to the beach because most of the toilets were closed on Norfolk coastal areas... I just couldn't see how I was going to last an entire day without the loo!😖 This year, I've been unwell and not likely to see the beach until I'm back to my normal self. These walks have been keeping me sane... thank you for all you do... wonderful work... love your channel!!🥰👏

[@WatchedWalker]

Thank you Suzy, it was the closest I got to a holiday too! I hope you're feeling better again soon, all the best! 😊

[@FrancesandTruly]

My home town I had to move because of my husbands work Never felt at home here

[@Soarwithjoy]

Thank you so much for your remarkable virtual walk! Great city!

[@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471]

its a Town lol

[@keepitreal24s77]

@@syritasdoneitgoodytwoshoes2471 city now lol

[@robertfreeman2608]

Thank you for fantastic vid this is fantastic makes me want to move there thank you ever so much for this vid

[@SaintVillain13]

Cant beat the Watched Walker videos 😎🔥

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks KV 😊

[@jackwatsonepic626]

That's seagle at the beginning was the one that nicked my fish and chips I recognise it lol

[@scarlettnoir637]

Hometown. Thanks for sharing

[@ds1868]

Good to see other locations. Poor old Oxford Street has been done to death.

[@002lisamarie]

It looks quite nice.

[@Simulacra719]

It’s an absolute shithole

[@jamesfry8983]

I live about 7 miles from Southend, I also went to college there, so many memory's of the old town centre at any point in the video I could tell you story's of the part of it from my life. The last post was almost my second home as a student that being the local Weatherspoon's a cheap pub chain (bar) you could walk in there with £20 and come out hours later as drunk as a lord and having eaten too. Up to where the old buildings start used to be a park / garden in the Victorina days, they used to have a tram from the top of town to the bottom the tracks are still there just paved over back in the 50s I think, please if you ever come back near southend there are so many interesting places / walks I could tell you the local history of the arears too.

[@Bloodgod1982]

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[@Tedthehammer]

49 years I have lived in southend many changes over the years still a lovely town good and bad places Evey where but we always get a bad name but people always come because of the beach

[@sumonangelo]

I have been watching your videos since 2019 and always love the videos. Appreciate your hard work.

[@WatchedWalker]

That means a lot Sumon, and thanks for your kind support!

[@sumonangelo]

@@WatchedWalker hope I will keep supporting on you upcoming premier 🙂

[@WatchedWalker]

@@sumonangelo Well it's great that you watch and enjoy my walks

[@ThatsTheWun]

Trying to see Tony Pat and Craig in the background

[@davidjames3313]

Thanks WW for the walk, appreciate the work involved. Four out of six logos found, 7:50 window on the right. 32:46 on green boarding. 47:03 on white pillar, and 104:18 on wall on right.

[@WatchedWalker]

Well done David, 4/6 is very good going! 👍

[@davidjames3313]

Cheers, my pleasure 👍

[@dtuk22]

Nice walk. Very enjoyable. & So great to have a perfect evening for a walk in the Summer.

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks DT uk, yes, I'm pleased I had such a nice evening for this walk 😊

[@frippp66]

'this is the the way the world ends - not with a bang but a Wimpey' - John Cooper-Clarke

[@pkbareth1019]

Very nice walk as always 👍☺

[@danielhamilton8353]

Good video , i live in southend for 4 years + and love the place

[@kirstontozer-goaspirit61]

I live in Southend when I'm not travelling in my van it looks nice in your video especially in the sunshine 🌞 but in reality it's a it's now become the DRUG capital in Essex. There is a huge drug problem here unfortunately and a high drug related crime not a nice place to be especially at night time 😞. I did however enjoy your video and your channel thank you...🙏

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Kirston, well that's sad to hear, hopefully things will improve!

[@keeleyberry7947]

I have just had to escape the kurssll estate due to these problems , it is pretty hairy these days, no one wants to acknowledge just what is going on though..

[@keeleyberry7947]

@K Rob I think there is a deeper things afoot.....

[@keeleyberry7947]

@K Rob there are many factors ,mostly involving money

[@keeleyberry7947]

@K Rob unfortunately alot of the decent people I knew have either died, moved away or sold us out

[@anmolmehta7116]

Very interesting tour. The beaches though seem pretty unkempt like nobody is bothered about their maintenance. Authorities there need to take up the initiative and get the entire area cleaned so as to encourage more tourists.

[@froggouk2]

We're a city now! :D

[@REECEB999]

Great video i live in southend its a beautiful place for all the people wondering litter isnt always a problem, in sunny days we get visitors from london and the rest of the country who do not use the facilities provided and leave everything they bring on the beach it is a shame the winter time strangely looks better

[@johnmh1000]

@K Rob Don't think that we can stop visitors coming, nor would I wish too. Southend Council don't do a bad job of clearing up the mess.

[@REECEB999]

@@johnmh1000 i agree i love seeing my hometown thrive i just wish people treated the area with respect especially as we also having a great diverse wildlife in the water and surrounding parks

[@johnmh1000]

@@REECEB999 That's very true. So many visitors only see the sea front (and that's fine), but they miss the great parks like Southchurch and my best one - Priory Park. I wish people could appreciate that this great town is so much more than a day at the beach and a ride at Adventure Island.

[@johnmh1000]

@darkside_UKSF Yep that's true, but I'm just saying that this is a town/now city steeped in history and a wonderful place to just lay back and explore away from the seafront and pier. It's my home town and it's very special to me.

[@tokoreawithlove1895]

Have a very good day and keep up with all your videos

[@comelytravel]

Very lovely views, great video

[@cityexplorerlive]

Great quality. Love it!

[@carolinekelly3415]

Hello, an unknown location to me?? Thanks for sharing.

[@WalkAndTravelUK]

Very nice walking tour

[@WatchedWalker]

Thank you so much WAT 🙂

[@sarahbadillo3817]

I watch your video from the start up to the end and I injoyed very much.. Hope to watch your next upload video..

[@WatchedWalker]

Thank you so much Sarah 🙂

[@ERROL007]

That beach is filthy. I won't be going to Southend. Thanks for the heads up.

[@Nan01040]

such a happy place

[@yellowoceanoriginalsongs7142]

Enjoyed watching your video thanks for uploading

[@WatchedWalker]

My pleasure YOOS, glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@cirtydashplz]

Goin with the kids this Saturday havent been since I was a young lad myself i hope the kids enjoy it as much as I did nice vid that's a subscribe from me

[@WatchedWalker]

Thank you, I hope you all have a nice time there.

[@leew6522]

Great video nice to see this part of the world again, was born and brought up in the 70’s and 80’s here ! But looks like a dirty rubbish strewn mess now , not a good look 👀 shame

[@kerrydavey7424]

Your video was prefect thank you for making it. I would love to know what camera or mobile phone you used.

[@WatchedWalker]

Thanks Kerry, I list the gear I use in the description.

[@SallyAlexandriaAlexParakeets]

Excellent video. Fantastic footage.

[@ftn10427]

why don't people get charged for littering??

[@milanprokes7932]

Is it somewhere in Africa?

[@002lisamarie]

Import the third world. Become the third world.

[@mstz2452]

Please can do a Northolt Walking tour

[@hellobd4424]

Very nice video from Riyad Rashid Bangladesh thank you very much

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

Awesome

[@WeatherNerdRN]

Thanks!

[@WatchedWalker]

@WeatherNerdRN Thank you!

[@justwalk-travelasmrchannel1630]

Awesome place for a walk!! I wonder when will GTA covers London

[@MinxLaura123sWackyWorld]

Yay southend girly here :) x

[@Danny-bf9on]

I live in Southend I love it

[@nenapuente4756]

Great work.

[@TokyoJoe703]

Does bucket boy still hang out in saaaathend picking up his pennies

[@MMM-qx7wb]

This place used to be mobbed, cannot see any one wearing a "kiss me quick hat"Atmosphere seems flat as a pancake. We knew this place as Southend on a Mud

[@imranzazai7404]

London is very nice.

[@satay71]

It's not London. It's Southend-on-Sea.

[@WanderThisWay]

As a short person, I feel like you must be very tall because some of the perspectives in this video seem very high up there 😂

[@Mammon-me]

I like your video! .

[@mamatap304]

Beautiful London city... 🤩

[@002lisamarie]

It's not London. It's Southend in Essex.

[@jamborambomango6193]

Nice to see Southend on here nice to see the comment section likes Southend too 🤗😂

[@jamborambomango6193]

@K Rob couldn’t agree more mate

[@virtualtrip4K]

good tour🤤🤤🤤

[@alexwaters4238]

I use to live there and I can honestly say the place is a dump!

[@karlbanks9843]

So weird to see your home town like this.

[@EmerzonIS]

bonitos videos empezare hacer iguales

[@Sol-ui2if]

I have been there last week.

[@APHK2011]

It’s been more than 30 years since I lived there. So much is unchanged and instantly recognisable but what’s up with all the rubbish on the streets?!

[@002lisamarie]

Mostly dropped by foreigners probably like where I live in Peterborough.

[@messiecampbell1960]

The council is trying to tell lies on me, so i am going to expose them even more, everywhere possible. Going to start name calling out these scumbags soon ❤

[@Cookingwithkiran1]

Nice video stay connected...

[@kanjikumavat1437]

Nice

[@aatravelvlogz3098]

Nice it's near my house 🏠

[@002lisamarie]

Do you like living in Southend?

[@stelsDM]

Cool

[@michaellamy6802]

My daughter lives were you were walking on Westcliff beach just a bit further up we’re them new flats are there youse to be an old pub there an it was a good old place we’re the Bikers youse to hang out there we were there when the last air show was on there an that falcon bomber was flying over us wow never forget that wot a plane mike Maher does anyone no anything’s mike ????

[@michaellamy6802]

Love Southend” me my dad when I was a kid ,dad always take me there, my uncle an aunt youse” to do the Bingo. an run the hippodrome down by the kursal” my uncle Arthur. aunt Tess. Those were the days 1962. 10yrs old an the kursal you could see the wall of death. It was amazing 2 or 3 motor bikes BSA ! An a lady called Yevone stag. Riding the motorbikes Brilliant mike Maher !!!!!!!! Yes

[@kmw4359]

Why all the bunny statues?

[@WatchedWalker]

AtS, the hares are part of an art trail, each one painted by a different artist

[@frippp66]

the mythical founder of Southend in pre-Roman times was a giant bunny called Fluffymax - statues in honour of him adorn the town on every corner

[@MRWALL.i6732]

I know I'm replying 3 weeks late, but if your still curious. www.haresabouttown.co.uk

[@PRADIER1]

dommage qu'il y ait tant de papiers et de déchets sur la plage et sur l'esplanade !

[@Sam-cy9tm]

southend is crap i live there

[@rafiqadarr6217]

The fish and chips are probably great, but I can’t go there. I don’t want to be punched in the face and/or racially abused, or my bag stolen. There is enough toxicity in Cambridgeshire, where I am from, let alone Southend.

[@purplesunflower8242]

Streets dirty concrete jungle corporate shopping?😑 Dark the sun blocked due to Buildings

[@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists]

wow this looks so depressing....and all that junk food....horrible

[@muvvacrusher4137]

The town is a dirty hole

[@shibainu6087]

Shame it's garbage irl

[@wendywolfman]

Rubbish…everywhere.

[@002lisamarie]

You should see Peterborough.

[@CARLIN4737]

The only was is..... Essex

[@alexandraprisacaru-Andra]

Beautiful London! Miss you!

[@westham5047]

When was you in London?

[@alexandraprisacaru-Andra]

West Ham in 2019 -left in december-returned to Romania,Bucharest since

[@002lisamarie]

It's not London. It's Southend on sea in Essex.