Take a trip to Sunny Southend! (Adventure Island)

Advantages: Free admission, no long queues, fun, good rides
Disadvantages: Not massive and no Alton Towers

...Adventure Island Adventure Island is a theme park on Southend seafront and is next to the world famous pier which is the longest pleasure pier in the world. Adventure Island used to be called Peter Pans and is the biggest free admission park in Britain. This is really good and means that if you don`t want to go on the rides you don`t have to pay a rip-off fee like £30 if you don`t want to go on the rides. If you want to go on the rides you buy a wrist band or you can buy tickets but these are expensive. Adventure Island is no Alton Towers but is still a great day out! The wristbands let you use the rides as much as you want all day. The wristbands vary and some let you go on more rides than others. Mini bands cost £10 off peak and £10 peak and are slightly cheaper online. These bands are for children smaller than a metre...

mariofan123 09.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea

Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea

Advantages: Great family day-out
Disadvantages: n/a

...Southend has always been a popular place for a traditional family day out by the sea. It has award winning beaches, winning gardens, illuminations from July to November along the one mile seafront and then there is ADVENTURE ISLAND Part of the Leisureworld Scheme. Adventure Island Sunken Gardens Western Esplanade Southend-on-Sea SS1 1EE 01702-443400 Opening Times:- From 11am everday, closing between 6-8 pm Monday to Thursday Closing between 9 and 11pm Friday-Sunday Admission Free The closing times depend on the amount of people in Adventure Island. Wristbands for Unlimited Rides are priced as follows:- Supersaver Wristband £19 (for 1.2 metres and above) Tiny Tots Wristbands £14 (below 1.2 metres) All wristbands are half price from 6pm every night. If you do not want to buy a wristband, you are able to...

allyoxley 15.06.2006 · Read review
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Tourist attractions at Southend

Advantages: Great for the family
Disadvantages: A little difficult to reach by road

...Contrary to popular belief, Southend, or ‘Saaarfend’ as many prefer to pronounce it, has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the South-East of England, not least due to it’s many appearances on EastEnders. Many tourist attractions are currently available to the public, with more and more attractions opening all the time. The most popular of which, the Southend High Street is the most popular of which, very popular with those who are tired of large shopping centers such as Lakeside or Bluewater, and allows shopping in the open air, in a car-free environment. Another popular attraction, Southend’s ‘Golden Mile’ allows visitors to stroll up and down the seafront to admire the beach and passing boats, whilst also relaxing on the traditional English deckchairs, eating ice creams...

nadams 06.07.2001 · Read review
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Review of Southend on Sea in General

dead end southend

Advantages: Some good attractions, long high street
Disadvantages: Not very safe at night

...Southend on sea is on the essex coast and is a typical sea side resort. Durring the summer southend is full of day trippers, and tourists from abroad. Americans, germans and the French mainly. Personaly I cant see the attraction. I left home at 15 and moved to Southend, Westcliff on sea really. Which is still classed as Southend as the two towns are located next to each other. And have never left, I dont like it, but family ties and my husbands work keep us here. Easy to get to. Southend is very easy to travel to there are two train stations, Southend Central which is located next to the high street and Southen Victoria which is located near a museum. There are also many bus routes and coach trips coming into Southend Atractions I supose the main attraction in Southend is Peter Pans ( Adventure Island). This is...

axford25 20.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Southend on Sea in General

North End Road To Southend-On-Ford!

Advantages: North + South Ends of Essex Girls
Disadvantages: Duncan Torr Prefers Kent Girls

...ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JULY 2000 My wife and I wanted to visit a seaside to get away from the drudgery of London. So we travelled to Southend-on-Sea on July 27th 2000 which turned out to be a nice hot day. We got there by taking junction 29 off the M25 + taking the A127 straight to Southend. There are always delays on the M25 so make allowances for this on your journey. Having reached Southend follow the signs to the Seafront for access to the beach. Parking was £2 all day which was ace. There was a great range of eateries along the sea front eg fish + chips, burgers, pizzas etc. The souvenir shops we visited only took cash. We ate at one shop selling fish and chips. The food was plentiful and cheap. Only the soft drinks were a rip-off at 70p per can. The public toilets were clean and free of charge. At 4pm the tide was out...

mrpaella 29.07.2000 (18.12.2005) · Read review
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Review of Southend-on-Sea (England)

A great team (kind of!) and great club

Advantages: great team with an interseting history and loads always happening
Disadvantages: None that a keen supporter would see!

...Introduction: I am 17 at the moment and lived in Southend for most of my life (moved away last year), and have been a keen supporter and follower of the club. I started supporting them from when I was born as my Dad is and always has been an extremely solid fan for the team. Of course in my time as a fan there has been a lot of change and lots happening with many ups and downs. The club itself, now over 100 years old has also had its big wins and grave losses. The team has a variety of nicknames including: The Blues (due to the home shirt being blue), The Sea-siders (as Southend is by the sea) and The Shrimpers (for the same reason as the previous one). We also have to mascots including Elvis J Eel and Sammy the Shrimp. History: The team was founded in 1906 at the Blue Boar pub, a pub right next to the current stadium by...

shamis4 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Southend United

Why go to Southend on Sea

Advantages: Seaside town
Disadvantages: Litter, Run down, many aslyum "seekers"

...On television, The BBC`s EastEnders go there for a holiday or a day out, you get shown the sea front with its amusements but is it worth going to? No. For a day trip to the seaside then yes, do so. If you want to go shopping in the High Street then go elsewhere. Southend`s High Street is full of vacant shops, and market cheap style shops. The town is very run down and is full of gangs of so called asylum seekers from Bosnia etc. Wallets, Purses and mobile Phone theft is at a high rate, as is litter and pidgeons around the street. During week days large groups of college students congregate on the benches the same even more so at weekends. Southend has had somewhat of a rejuvination, with the rebuilding on the Kursaal local landmark, but all this features is a bowling alley and a pub, The highlight of Southend is that it...

Renegade 03.12.2000 · Read review
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Review of Southend on Sea in General

Rooting at roots hall. An away fans view

Advantages: Not a bad ground
Disadvantages: Crap pubs and rowdy fans

...Another of my Away fan's guides....... Southend. Home of Long piers, boy racers and sticks of rock beside the rather murky sea/estuary. But wait, are we not forgetting a football team? Well the local people of Southend would like to forget about their football team. Thinking how close they had come to glory only 10 years ago. History. Starting out in 1906 from a variety of local smaller clubs, Southend United was born into an Essex town craving a bigger club. In 1950 they moved to their home at Roots Hall which was bought for the club by the supporters! Even today the club survives thanks to local financial assistance and tremendous dedication from its local residents. By the late 80's, they had risen out of obscurity and were challenging for promotion to the big league which they continued to do for about a 5 year...

andycharger 13.02.2002 · Read review
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Review of Southend United

Full of family fun

Advantages: Free admission, no queues, fun for whole family
Disadvantages: A little pricey with no offers, too many rides can make you feel sick!

...For my cousin's 10th birthday last weekend, she decided she wanted all the family to take a trip to Adventure Island which is on the seafront in Southend, in South-East England. I'd been there last year but only went on a couple of rides and, even a year later, I didn't remember it being so big and having so many rides. The park isn't very big but there are so many rides crammed into it. It is a mixture of both theme park and fun fair containing rides and amusements from both. Although the place was just as busy as any other theme park usually is on a hot summer's day, somehow we never queued for longer than 10 minutes for a ride and most we managed to get on straight away, which is probably due to the fact that they have so many rides to choose from. ~ Big Adventure rides ~ Archelon - named after a giant turtle, the Archelon...

frankiefromings13 27.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Adventure Island, Southend-on-Sea

Three cheers for Adventure Island

Advantages: Fun for all, a good day out, free admission
Disadvantages: Wristband a little pricey, not like the big theme parks

...I live close to Southend-on-Sea so have visited Adventure Island a fair few times. Adventure Island (formerly Peter Pans Playground) is situated on Southend sea front. You do not have to pay a fee to enter Adventure Island but you do have to pay for all the rides and attractions. This is a really good idea, although you can get some riff raff that hang around inside because they haven't got anything better to do! You can purchase wristbands which enable you to use the rides, unlimited, all day. If you book them online at the Adventure Island website you get them cheaper. The prices are as follows: Mini bands (for children under 1 metre tall) - £7.00 off peak and £10.00 peak - which run through the summer holidays. Online price: £6.50 off peak and £8.50 peak. Junior bands (between 1 - 1.2 metres) - £12.00 off peak and £15...

karalouk 18.07.2007 (18.03.2009) · Read review
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