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All United Kingdom England Southend-on-Sea

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Southend-on-Sea

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Southend-on-Sea, England

Updated June 24, 2020

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Southend-on-Sea, England

Cranfield's Curiosity Cabinet

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

Southend-on-Sea, England

Southend Pier Railway

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

Southend-on-Sea, England

The Cutlass Stone

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.
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Essex, England

Dutch Cottage

This octagonal cottage is the smallest and the oldest council house in the United Kingdom.
5 miles from Southend-on-Sea

Essex, England

The Broomway

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
5 miles from Southend-on-Sea

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Wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.
6 miles from Southend-on-Sea

Medway, England

Grain Tower Battery

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
6 miles from Southend-on-Sea
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