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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to simply as Southend, is a large coastal town and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary. It is home to the longest leisure pier in the world, Southend Pier.
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Economy Maitland House in Southend-on-Sea is home to Ventrica, a customer service outsourcing company.

Southend has industrial parks located at Progress Road, Comet and Aviation Ways in Eastwood and Stock Road in Sutton. Firms located in Southend include Olympus Keymed, Hi-Tec Sports and MK Electric. Southend is a centre for credit card management with Royal Bank of Scotland card services (branded NatWest) operating in the town.

A fifth of the working population commutes to London daily. Wages for jobs based in Southend were the second lowest among UK cities in 2015. It also has the fourth highest proportion of people aged over 65. This creates considerable pressures on the housing market. It is the 11th most expensive place to live in Britain.
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex

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Southend-on-Sea has a population of over 314,328 people. Southend-on-Sea also forms one of the centres of the wider Essex county which has a population of over 1,489,189 people. Southend-on-Sea is the #119 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 4.2386 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores. It is estimated there are around 7,950 businesses in Southend-on-Sea.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Southend-on-Sea has links with:

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Charles Archibald Nicholson |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect/Painter Charles Archibald Nicholson is associated with Southend-on-Sea. In 1893 Nicholson was awarded the Tite Prize by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Henry Thomas Hare |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Henry Thomas Hare is associated with Southend-on-Sea. From 1917 to 1919 he served as President of the RIBA.
Walter John Tapper |
Architect Walter John Tapper is associated with Southend-on-Sea.
Arthur Herbert Holmes |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Architect Arthur Herbert Holmes is associated with Southend-on-Sea.
Reginald Buchanan Urquhart |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Architect Reginald Buchanan Urquhart is associated with Southend-on-Sea. From 1903 to c.1905 he worked in the Superintending Engineer's office at H. M. Naval Establishment in Rosyth.
Alexander Ross |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Architect Alexander (1834-1925) Ross is associated with Southend-on-Sea. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1893.
Arthur Thomas Nicholson |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Arthur Thomas Nicholson is associated with Southend-on-Sea. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1936.
Richard George Bospidnick |
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect Richard George Bospidnick is associated with Southend-on-Sea. He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1938.