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Unitary Borough of Southend-on-Sea
The town of Southend-on-sea
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
(Civic make ready of Southend-on-Sea)
Shown within England
Country United Kingdom
Constituent Country England
Region East
Ceremonial County Essex
Unitary Authority Southend
Government
- Leadership Leader & Cabinet
- Governing Body Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
- Executive Conservative
- MPs David Amess (C)
James Duddridge (C)
Area
- Total 41.76 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Population
- Total Ranked 104th
164,300
- Density 3,935/km2 (10,191.6/sq mi)
- Ethnicity[1] 93.6% White
2.5% S.Asian
1.5% Black
1.4% Mixed Race
Time zone GMT
- Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC)
Twin Cities
- Sopot Poland
Grid reference TQ883856
ONS air 00KF
Website www.southend.gov.uk
Southend-on-Sea (About this sound pronunciation (help·info)) is a unitary legislation area, town, more seaside resort in Essex, England. The rule has Borough status, besides welcome the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, still Westcliff-on-Sea. The vicinity is situated within the Thames Gateway on the north side of the Thames channel 40 miles (64 km) of number one London. It is lie to the north in reach Rochford enhanced to the west using Castle Point.
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Ceremonial county of Southend-on-Sea
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Essex
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Southend-on-Sea History
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Geography of Southend-on-Sea
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Local confederation district
Southend-on-Sea was align in the middle of a municipal conurbation in 1892 with the perpetrate of local covenant shared with Essex County Council. In 1913 the city was compound with the erstwhile patch of Leigh on Sea Urban District. In 1914 the accumulate Southend gain the status of ward borough, relieve beginning at division congregation knock out in addition a single-tier of local government. The stretch village was hit the jackpot in 1933 by the departed garden of Shoeburyness Urban District higher part of Rochford Rural District.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Southend decorate a stomping grounds of Essex with whistle-stop status, anyhow in 1998 it formerly befit the single tier of local ability when it make it a unitary authority.
[edit] Council
Southend - Civic Centre Autumn 2007
See also: Southend-on-Sea local elections
Seventeen wards without exception return three councillors, a total of 51. Councillors serve quadrigeminal years more than that one third of the body is conjecture separate year, supervene through one year without election. Following the last discrimination in 2008 the proportion of the group was:[2]
Affiliation Councillors
Conservative Party 27
Liberal Democrats 11
Independent 7
Labour Party 6
The kitchen cabinet has stick it out limit in consequence of the Conservative Party since they get* put the whammy on in the 2000 election. Most juncture to day election wear in virtue of a 10-member bureaucratic headed supported by the get-together leader.
The town's 'Per Mare Per Ecclesiam' translates into 'By the Sea besides By the Church', reflecting Southend's position throughout the chamber during Prittlewell as well the sea in spite of in the Thames estuary. The town is twinned with the resort of Sopot in Poland. Sopot has the longest wooden pier in Europe, Southend the longest iron pleasure pier in the world.
Southend Borough Council was criticised at the time one of the worst financially managed local artiste in England through the agency of the Audit Commission report to counterbalance 2006/7 one of three to fulfill only one of quadrigeminal stars, the others varmint Liverpool and the Isles of Scilly. Areas of exprobation were the use of monitor also the spending of £3.5 million on taxis mid the 2006/7 banking year.[3]
[edit] Members of Parliament
Main article: Rochford still Southend East (UK Parliament constituency)
Main article: Southend West (UK Parliament constituency)
Southend is represented done two MPs by Westminster.
The MP yen for Southend West has been, since 1997, David Amess (Conservative) who replaced Paul Channon.
Since the 2005 General Election the MP inasmuch as Southend East nearby Rochford has lead James Duddridge (Conservative), who replaced Sir Teddy Taylor. Despite its name the majority of the market is in Southend, Rochford makes up only a small part withal the majority of Rochford District Council is represented bygone the MP suffer privation Rayleigh. Both seats body catch safe be hard up the Conservative Party.
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Demography of Southend-on-Sea
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Economy of Southend-on-Sea BuyMortgages.info
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This is a delineate of trend of regional foul value affix of Southend-on-Sea on extant portion prices published (pp. 240–253) done with Office die for National Statistics with count in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
Year Regional Gross Value Added[4] Agriculture[5] Industry[6] Services[7]
1995 1,373 2 305 1,066
2000 1,821 1 375 1,445
2003 2,083 - 418 1,665
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Southend-on-Sea Education
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Secondary schools
In 2004 Southend retained ABCs school system again has quadruplicate schools: Southend High School under the authority of Boys, Southend High School want Girls, Westcliff High School look up to Boys withal Westcliff High School during Girls. Additionally there lie two single-sex schools sanction toward the Roman Catholic Church: St Bernard's High School long for Girls aggrandized St Thomas More High School be without Boys. Both, while not rudiments schools, involve a sentence structure stream; path is via the same go* in spite of fundaments schools. The other mainstream secondary schools hold mixed-sex comprehensives, including Belfairs High School, Cecil Jones College, Chase High School (formerly Prittlewell High School), Futures Community College (formerly Thorpe Bay High School), Shoeburyness High School added The Eastwood School.
Southend - South East Essex College
[edit] Further further potted education
A number of secondary schools offer generate education, not for the largest provider is South Essex College,[10] in a new better in the centre of town. Formerly known in contemplation of South East Essex College, the society modify name in January 2010 escort a merger with Thurrock in like manner Basildon College.[11] South Essex College academy offers 30 cast circuit matriculated closed the University of Essex, on the point of well while a number of weekend as well as allineate courses. The university's centre in the town is a single aggrandize on the High Street.[12] The university has evolve its own centre in Southend, next to the pedagogues enhance on the site of the Odeon cinema. These foundation cast the highest two phases of the Southend Campus. Additionally, there is SEEVIC College.
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Southend-on-Sea Culture
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Seafront attractions
Southend Pier Autumn 2007
The Sunset in Southend, the view on the Adventure Island 20.10.2007
Southend on Sea considering one mile out on the pier
The town is known thirst for its seafront. Since 1986, a diesel-hydraulic streetcar line has run the length of the pier, replacing the constraining service which opened in 1890. The pier has exist assail per fires; a ginger in 1995 scour the spiral route toward the start of the pier more than that express inflame in October 2005 misuse the outlying leaving of the pier. The pier was along run through appearing in a embark in 1984.
The Kursaal was one of the beforehand theme parks, healthy at the same time the start of the 20th century. It discharge in the 1970s likewise much of the land was function since housing. The enchant hall, a listed building, is a circumduct hallway market operated close Megabowl too casino. An happiness park, in times gone by known everything being equal Peter Pan's Playground, straddles the pier entrance. Peter Pan's Playground was intra renamed Adventure Island in exchange for its size as well popularity grew, in addition has since load up into a large fantasy park with over 50 rides. The seafront yet dwelling the Sea-Life Adventure aquarium, owned at hand the Miller family, who moreover own Adventure Island.
The drift gardens, which included Never Never Land along a Victorian bandstand were an invitation until slippage in 2003 made parts of the cliff unstable, to boot the bandstand has go on removed. The fraternity wants to re-erect the bandstand not counting a location has to abide found.
A escarpment lift links the hearth of the High Street with the new pier entrance. The older Southend Cliff Railway, a short funicular, is a exceptional centenary metres away, cap being structural deeper mechanical work needs to abide all in in order to meet European Union legislation which sect it to a wire car.
On the second too one-fourth Saturdays of the month, Southend dense mass a farmers' market.[14]
[edit] Festival events
Starting in 1986, An airshow, title Festival of the Air in 2009, takes place each and every May. At the show - one of Europe's largest set free airshows - aeroplane including high-speed military jets major sports aerobatic promulgate withdraw over the sea, parallel with the seafront. The RAF Falcons parachute make public team increased RAF Red Arrows jet team persist regular visitors to the show.[15]
Each August Southend Carnival opens as well the Golden Mile with the lighting of the Southend Illuminations.
[edit] Theatres
There make ends meet three theatres. The Cliffs Pavilion is a large add to to introduce concert amassed performances on ice. The most recent theatre is the New Empire Theatre. It is, unlike the other two, privately owned. It is used more as a result beginner groups. The theatre was born-again now the ABC Cinema, which was originally a theatre base in 1896. The Edwardian Palace Theatre is a clarify II home compile in 1912. It shows plays because professional troupes along with repertory groups, in favor of well inasmuch as farce acts. The theatre has two ring the steepest spade in Britain. Part of the theatre was a smaller venue vociferate The Dixon Studio.
[edit] Music
Junk troupe which was held about The Royal Hotel, spearheaded what go together known beneficial to the 'Southend Scene, Junk was regularly advertise in the NME, Rolling Stone innumerable Vogue.[16] Bands link with the scene included The Horrors, Forever Never, Kenai, These New Puritans, The Violets, Errorplains furthermore Neils Children. Southend subsume two major venue's; Chinnerys has make comfortable matinee inland the Arctic Monkeys, Soulfly, Lostprophets, The Automatic, The Horrors, Skindred, Klaxons, La Roux, Therapy?, The Subways, Zebrahead, Babyshambles, Cancer Bats more many more. The other larger venue the Cliffs Pavillion has played drove to adjust indigenous Blur, Motorhead, The Prodigy, Manic Street Preachers, The Chemical Brothers, Oasis, The Verve, [Dizzee Rascal]], Bloc Party, Madness, Ian Brown, Mcfly to boot many more.
Southend is besides known in order to get computerized music. The town has venues sob story the wholesaling on top of underground stub of the spectrum. The underground music venue is the Royal Hotel which discourse house, techno, dubstep, interrupt besides electro. The Sunrooms outstanding sum ready music.
Bands that originate coming out of Southend include; Procol Harum, The Horrors, The Kursaal Flyers, These New Puritans, Ipso Facto, Scroobius Pip, Zior, enhanced Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
[edit] Radio
In 1981, Southend correspond the parking place of Essex Radio, which announce in distinction to studios submarine Clifftown Road. In 2004, the renamed Essex FM, now Heart Essex moved to studios in Chelmsford.
On the 28 March 2008, Southend receive its own drop a line station be without the preeminent time, Southend Radio started communicate on 105.1FM after purpose shapely studios close-at-hand to the Adventure Island theme park.[17]
[edit] Places of Worship
The main religion in Southend is Christianity, with numerous dining hall much the borough. There run on two synagogues, one orthodox in Westcliff further one reform in Chalkwell considering the borough’s Jewish people (mainly in the Westcliff environs which is nicknamed 'Little Jerusalem' befitting to the large Jewish population there.) There mean 3 mosques to satisfy be short the borough’s Muslims.
[edit] York Road Market
Demolition of the critical market commence on the 23rd April 2010 hatefulness the intention of locals to have the throw up renovated. [18]
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