Pier · near Southend-on-Sea · Essex

Southend Pier

Southend Pier is a pleasure pier in Southend-on-Sea. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building. Our list has 30 more places within 15 km; first among them is Adventure Island, at 1.1 km.

Photo: Southend Pier, Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

1 km

south of Southend-on-Sea

How well known

Top 11%

#885 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Pier near Southend-on-Sea

Just outside Southend-on-Sea

Southend Pier is 1 km south of Southend-on-Sea. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Southend-on-Sea has 100 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

If warmth matters, go May to September: Southend-on-Sea reaches 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°45 mm

Feb8° / 2°39 mm

Mar11° / 4°34 mm

Apr14° / 5°39 mm

May18° / 9°40 mm

Jun21° / 12°43 mm

Jul23° / 14°42 mm

Aug23° / 14°48 mm

Sep20° / 12°45 mm

Oct16° / 9°60 mm

Nov11° / 5°57 mm

Dec8° / 3°52 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Southend-on-Sea, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Southend-on-Sea. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Southend-on-Sea’s full climate →

About

Southend Pier

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 9 languages.

Southend-on-Sea’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Pier
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 9 languages
Town: 1 km south of Southend-on-Sea

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Its place on the map

On this map, Southend Pier is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Southend-on-Sea is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (182,295 people). Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · 1 km north of it

Southend-on-Sea

182,295 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 3.5 km northeast of it

Stonebridge

241 people · 13 places to visit

3 · 5 km north of it

Rochford

12,617 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 6.7 km northeast of it

Great Wakering

6,774 people · 3 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Southend Pier is	People	Places to visit
Southend-on-Sea	1 km north of it	182,295	23
Stonebridge	3.5 km northeast of it	241	13
Rochford	5 km north of it	12,617	13
Great Wakering	6.7 km northeast of it	6,774	3
Grain	7.6 km south of it	1,728	5
Allhallows	7.7 km southwest of it	1,684	4
Ashingdon	9.1 km north of it	6,490	3
Canvey Island	9.1 km west of it	38,004	7

Make a day of it

Also near Southend Pier

Within 15 km you can add 2 castles, 2 museums and a theme park.

Theme parkAdventure Island1.1 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageHadleigh Castle8 km away 3

Art galleryBeecroft Art Gallery2.3 km away 4

MuseumSouthchurch Hall1.7 km away 5

MuseumSouthend Central Museum2.2 km away 6

Abbey or prioryPrittlewell Priory3.6 km away 7FortFortGrain Fort7.3 km away 8

Castle · National TrustRayleigh Castle11 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Southend Pier

Where is Southend Pier?

Southend Pier is 1 km south of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

What is Southend Pier?

Pleasure pier in Southend-on-Sea.

When is the best time to visit Southend Pier?

May to September are the warmest months in Southend-on-Sea, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Southend Pier a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Southend Pier?

Within 15 km: Adventure Island (1.1 km), Hadleigh Castle (8 km), Beecroft Art Gallery (2.3 km) and Southchurch Hall (1.7 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Southend Pier: Southend_Pier_Autumn_2007.jpg: Damian Dukarski The original uploader was Dammmmian at English Wikipedia. derivative work: SilkTork, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adventure Island: Linda Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hadleigh Castle: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Beecroft Art Gallery: H2g2bob, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southchurch Hall: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southend Central Museum: Southend Museums Service, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Prittlewell Priory: Lonpicman, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Rayleigh Castle: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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