Shopping in Southend-on-Sea

This page lists the big name shops and stores that you'll find on Southend High Street, and in the town's two undercover shopping centres. We hope visitors to this site will find this useful.

Please Get in touch if you think there's anything we should add to this page. You can ask questions or discuss the High Street in our Southend Forum.

For information on visiting Southend, see our Southend Visitors Information page.

The Victoria Shopping Centre

The Victoria Shopping Centre is at the top-end of the High Street, with direct access to Southend Victoria train station.

Formerly known as the Victoria Circus Shopping Centre, this is now under cover, has over 40 stores, and toilets including baby-changing / feeding and disabled facilities. Stores include:

The Victoria Website
Victoria Shopping Centre in Southend

High Street (Top - to - middle)
Southend High Street, upper half

High Street (Middle)

  • Dorothy Perkins / Burtons
  • Bay Trading
  • Starbucks
  • Bonmarche
  • Body Shop
  • Card Factory
  • Game
  • Thorntons Chocolate
  • H Samuel Jeweller
  • Jessops Photography
  • River Island
  • Carphone Warehouse
  • Gregg's The Bakers
  • Claires Fashion
  • T-Mobile
  • Perfume Shop
  • Going Places
  • Madhouse
  • Moss Bros
  • Thomas Cook
  • Currys.digital (formerly Dixons)
  • Ann Summers
Southend High Street, upper half

High Street (Middle - to - bottom)

  • Orange Shop
  • Birthdays
  • Dollond and Aitchison
  • Specsavers Opticians
  • Shoe Zone
  • Hallmark (Prelude)
  • Krisp
  • Wallis
  • Yours
  • Past Times
  • Barratts
  • Greggs
  • Nellys
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Waterstones
  • Iceland (just off the High Street by M & S)
  • Millets (just off the High Street by M & S)
  • Superdrug
  • Optical Express
  • Coral Betting
  • Clarks Shoes
  • Monsoon
  • BHS
Southend High Street, lower half

The Royals Shopping Centre

  • Costa Coffee
  • Boots
  • Debenhams
  • Toni & Guy
  • Xisle Surf Shop
  • Primark
  • TK Maxx
  • Choices Video
  • Evans
  • Vision Express optician
  • Tesco Express
  • Ottakar's Bookshop

Royals website

The Royals, Southend High Street

Close to the High Street

Within walking distance of the High Street at the top end (away from the seafront), there are a few other notable shopping outlets:

 

There are several non-mainstream shops just off the High Street - See our Speciality Shops page for a sample


Markets in and Around Southend:

Farmer's Market: The Southend Farmers Market is held on the 2nd & 4th Saturday of the month on Southend High Street from 9am to 4pm. Free entry. More info at www.essexfarmersmarkets.co.uk.

Roots Hall Market: There's also the huge open-air Roots Hall Market on a Thursday, at the football ground (5 minutes drive down Victoria Avenue). More: Roots Hall Market


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