Southend-on-Sea Links

• Locating Southenders – Help tracking down friends and family
• Courier firms – One of our team rants about “you were out” cards
• Southend Memories – A collection of bits of nostalgia from site visitors
• Viewpoint – Some controversial comments about Southend
• Southenders Podcast – A downloadable audio radio show for Southend-on-Sea
• Books about Southend – A list of Southend-on-Sea publications and history texts
• Information snippets – Bits of information on Southend gathered by the team

• ThisIsEssex, a resource for the whole of Essex
• Leigh-on-Sea – Site for the neighbouring community in Leigh
• Locallife’s Southend section
• Walking in Essex – Dedicated to good healthy strolls around our lovely county
• Stars in Southend – Images of big names in the 60s
• South East Echo – Focusing on the RAF and local land defences between 1939 and 1945Southend Sites – List of local gigs and events
• They Work for You – Check up on your Soutend MPs

• Pricerunner or Kelkoo – Search for prices in online and High Street stores
• Essex Fire & Rescue – A look at current incidents in the area
• Getmapping – Overhead maps of the local area
• Southend Groups – A list of groups and meetings in Southend
• Land Registry online – Pay £2 for details of any UK property
• Search Engine Optimisation – Help for Southend websites looking for promotion

• Leigh Folk Festival – Annual cultural event in Old Leigh
• Grand Ceilidh Club – Southend’s barn dance club
• TEAC Social Club – Food and entertainment, on Southend’s Eastern Esplanade
• Geocaching in Southend – Local Treasure Hunting
• Southend What’s On – Local events in and around Southend
• Southend Amateur Radio – Become a local Ham
• Southend Comedy – Links to comedy venues and groups in Southend-on-Sea

• c2c User – Information for regular travellers on the c2c line to London
  Essex Breast Screening – Important info from the NHS
• Kursaal Peoples Foundation – Sunday League team helping youth development
• LetaLife – Free Southend-on-sea property rental adverts
• Laterooms for discounted hotel bookings (See also: Southend Hotels)
• Outloud – Leigh-based
• group offering help with drama and voice training
• Southend UFO Group – The truth is out there…
• St Michaels School Uniform Shop – Uniforms online
• Southend RNLI –
• Keeping us safe, Southend Lifeboat station on the Pier
• Southend RSPB – Local
• branch of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Southend Poetry Group & Adrian Green’s Poetry Page – Local poetry
• The Waverley – Take a paddle steamer trip from the end of Southend Pier

• Southend Property with FindaProperty.com – Property-related information and listings from local estate agents
• Rossi Ice Cream – The finest tasting ice cream around, made in Southend
• The Moorings Bed and Breakfast – B & B on Eastern Esplanade
• Phoenix Property Maintenance – For a local and reliable handyman
• Katie Dunbar Hair Stylist – Former Saks stylist, now freelance
• Best 4 Doors – 25 years experience with Internal and external doors
• Flatmaterooms – Flat shares in Southend

For a list of business and services personally recommended by the team at Sarfend, see our Southend Recommendations section.

• Scared Scriptless – Awesome Southend-based comedy improv team
• Carl Reader – Local musician, presenter of Sweat FM, composer of the original FrequencyCast music, and creator of Psion artwork
• Mavis Sipple, local author – Known locally for her books on Southend nd the surrounding area.