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Situated at the mouth of the world-famous Thames Estuary, Southend on Sea is one of the UK’s newest cities. Only a 28-minute flight from Amsterdam Schipol, and a 45-minute train journey into the City of London, Southend is uniquely located – looking east, it has one foot almost in mainland Europe and turning west it is on the doorstep of the global financial centre.
Benefitting from two trainlines that feed directly into the heart of the City of London, Southend is only a 25-minute drive from the M25 and Dartford Crossing making it an attractive proposition for businesses and families looking to set up in the southeast without paying a London premium. With an EasyJet base returning to London Southend Airport in March 2025, businesses and travellers will be connected to more than 15 major locations across Europe and northern Africa.
With an inviting mix of flexible office spaces, a brand-new Airport Business Park, excellent transport links, a prime coastal location with an enviable climate, excellent green spaces and ambitions on becoming the nationally recognized home of the SME, Southend City is a brilliant place to locate your business. With a university and two further education colleges also located in the city, we have a pipeline of well-skilled local talent.
Taking advantage of first-class infrastructure and transport connections, combined with over 7 miles of award-winning beaches, 28 parks, 2 nationally recognised theatres, some of the leading state schools in England not to mention a myriad of cultural and heritage spaces for residents to enjoy, Southend is somewhere that one can truly work, rest and play.
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