Car Hire Southend-on-Sea - Mini guide to Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea is an attractive seaside town in the East of England and is part of the ceremonial county of Essex. It is located on the north side of the Thames estuary roughly 40 miles (65 km) east of central London. Ever since the Georgian era this place was a popular seaside resort and still is. The scenic county thrives on tourism given its easy accessibility to London and you can use convenient car hire to get here.

Southend Pier is the world's longest pleasure pier and over the years it has suffered many fires and ship collisions, but has been repaired each time. A diesel-hydraulic railway has been running the length of the pier, since 1986. Southend-on-Sea is also a centre of commerce, and has many of the original features of the Victorian era.

The Kursaal, one of the earliest theme parks was built at the start of the 20th century but was closed in the 1970s and much of the land was developed as housing though it has a bowling alley now. Another theme park, Adventure Island was developed on land formerly occupied by Peter Pan's Playground and it straddles the pier entrance. The seafront also has a ""Sea-Life Centre"" aquarium.

To the east of the pier is a replica of the Golden Hind housing a waxworks collection and its new entrance is connected to the cliff gardens by the High street. Southend-on-Sea is renown for its Southend Carnival opened in August along the Golden Mile with the lighting of the Southend Illuminations and continues until November. Besides the above attractions the locals also enjoy the entertainment at the 3 theatres; Cliffs Pavilion, the Palace Theatre and the New Empire Theatre. The town.s favourite sport is football and it has a league named Southend United.

Southend-on-Sea is a charming county and is best experienced when explored through car hire. The place is scattered with car hire service to make use of, especially the central part. A car hire is the idyllic way to commute from one tourist spot to another and to experience most of what the city of Southend-on-Sea has to offer.

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