I've never been. It's very long. Is it nice, or grubby AF? Used to holiday down Southend as a kid And camber sands in the caravan Lovely memories Decent eels and ice cream in Southend 0 Vote up! eels and ice-cream doesn't sound gr8, m8. 2 Vote up! Am more interested in what it's like now - is it rough&scuzz, or waitroseynaaaice? 0 Vote up! It’s long and boring. Like most piers. Except Southwold. 0 Vote up! The train is good/terrifying Adventure Island has a decent ‘coaster (Rage) obvs mini golf - think it’s free once you’ve paid to get in 0 Vote up! love free minigolf. 0 Vote up! Actually Google tells me it’s £6.50 for 9 holes so strictly no freeloaders 2 rounds for £8 though so the 2nd round is only £1.50 once you’ve paid for the first round 0 Vote up! yeah, but it's more is it a pleasant or scuzz experience I was after. 0 Vote up! It’s not too bad as English seaside towns go - nowhere near as bad as, say, Great Yarmouth. Wouldn’t say the pier is scuzzy at all, just make sure you don’t go there on a day that Jamie Oliver might be there… 0 Vote up! I like Jamie O. Have met him a few times, and he's a decent guy. 0 Vote up! Well you can go to his ‘caff’ while you’re there 0 Vote up! Super. will do. 0 Vote up! Jelly, i trust you will take at least £50 per child so they can boss the tuppeny tipping points in the arcades and lose loads on the "grab a manky mario plushie" machines 0 Vote up! I was expecting a bit more mods n rockers tbh 0 Vote up! Google maps tells me it's about 2.5hrs drive, or 1hr50m on the choochoo. Not sure it's gonna be worth that much travel for a day trip... 0 Vote up! Refresh Back to board Join the discussion Login Register 0 Vote up!
Used to holiday down Southend as a kid And camber sands in the caravan Lovely memories Decent eels and ice cream in Southend 0 Vote up!
The train is good/terrifying Adventure Island has a decent ‘coaster (Rage) obvs mini golf - think it’s free once you’ve paid to get in 0 Vote up!
Actually Google tells me it’s £6.50 for 9 holes so strictly no freeloaders 2 rounds for £8 though so the 2nd round is only £1.50 once you’ve paid for the first round 0 Vote up!
It’s not too bad as English seaside towns go - nowhere near as bad as, say, Great Yarmouth. Wouldn’t say the pier is scuzzy at all, just make sure you don’t go there on a day that Jamie Oliver might be there… 0 Vote up!
Jelly, i trust you will take at least £50 per child so they can boss the tuppeny tipping points in the arcades and lose loads on the "grab a manky mario plushie" machines 0 Vote up!
Google maps tells me it's about 2.5hrs drive, or 1hr50m on the choochoo. Not sure it's gonna be worth that much travel for a day trip... 0 Vote up!
Used to holiday down Southend as a kid
And camber sands in the caravan
Lovely memories
Decent eels and ice cream in Southend
eels and ice-cream doesn't sound gr8, m8.
Am more interested in what it's like now - is it rough&scuzz, or waitroseynaaaice?
It’s long and boring. Like most piers. Except Southwold.
The train is good/terrifying
Adventure Island has a decent ‘coaster (Rage)
obvs mini golf - think it’s free once you’ve paid to get in
love free minigolf.
Actually Google tells me it’s £6.50 for 9 holes so strictly no freeloaders
2 rounds for £8 though so the 2nd round is only £1.50 once you’ve paid for the first round
yeah, but it's more is it a pleasant or scuzz experience I was after.
It’s not too bad as English seaside towns go - nowhere near as bad as, say, Great Yarmouth.
Wouldn’t say the pier is scuzzy at all, just make sure you don’t go there on a day that Jamie Oliver might be there…
I like Jamie O. Have met him a few times, and he's a decent guy.
Well you can go to his ‘caff’ while you’re there
Super. will do.
Jelly, i trust you will take at least £50 per child so they can boss the tuppeny tipping points in the arcades and lose loads on the "grab a manky mario plushie" machines
I was expecting a bit more mods n rockers tbh
Google maps tells me it's about 2.5hrs drive, or 1hr50m on the choochoo. Not sure it's gonna be worth that much travel for a day trip...
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