Southend RNLI volunteers stepped in rescue a yacht that was adrift in choppy waters and heading on a collision course with ...

The captain of a fishing boat which ploughed into Southend Pier has been fined £3,000 by magistrates. On 17th February 2012 the vessel the Paul Patrick, captained by John William Smith ...

Departing Southend, the boat trip will take 45 minutes to reach the pier in Kent ... will be given four hours ashore to explore this Kent fishing village, have a spot of lunch and take a wander.

A Southend Borough Council spokesman ... Bowling alley and other buildings destroyed by fire February 2012: Fishing boat hits section of the pier ...

A POPULAR boat trip operator is gearing up for a summer full of sightseeing adventures as its tours from Southend Pier return ... historic forts and a quaint fishing village.

TV stars met RNLI shop volunteers in a visit to Southend Pier ahead of their sold-out show at the Cliffs Pavilion. Famous faces Bradley Walsh, Brian Conley, Shane Richie and Joe Pasquale stopped at ...

Southend Pier has had some great ... The Kings Abbey collided with the end of the pier, cutting it in two and crashing into the fishing tackle shop. It ploughed through the gift shop and a toilet ...

boat crashes and two world wars. A condition-survey of the pier last year confirmed the structure was safe to build on. Councillor Ann Holland described the pier as "the jewel in Southend's crown ...

Today marks 40 years since the world’s longest pier – Southend-on-Sea’s – was gutted ... Jerome K Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat was the year’s must-read novel, and the Savoy Hotel ...

Southend-on ... to surpass in 2023. The pier first opened in 1830 and was repeatedly extended in length, eventually to 1.3 miles (2.1km), to accommodate more boats at low tide.