Southend Pier, Southend on Sea, Essex, UK. 22nd Sep, 2023. Launched in 1946, Waverley is the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer & has come alongside the pier at Southend on Sea to take passengers on board for a pleasure cruise out into the Thames Estuary to view the wartime forts. The trip is being promoted as being in celebration of Southend Pier being awarded Pier of the Year 2023, & the pier itself has wartime history in serving as HMS Leigh during the Second World War. Waverley has a program of trips on the Thames & into London in the upcoming weeks. Sailing away

Southend Pier, Southend on Sea, Essex, UK. 22nd Sep, 2023. Launched in 1946, Waverley is the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer & has come alongside the pier at Southend on Sea to take passengers on board for a pleasure cruise out into the Thames Estuary to view the wartime forts. The trip is being promoted as being in celebration of Southend Pier being awarded Pier of the Year 2023, & the pier itself has wartime history in serving as HMS Leigh during the Second World War. Waverley has a program of trips on the Thames & into London in the upcoming weeks. Sailing away Stock Photo

RMID:2RX2101

Image details

Contributor:

Avpics / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

2RX2101

File size:

30.6 MB (1.1 MB Compressed download)

Releases:

Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?

Dimensions:

4000 x 2670 px | 33.9 x 22.6 cm | 13.3 x 8.9 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

22 September 2023

Location:

Southend Pier, Southend on Sea, Essex, UK

More information:

This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

Available for editorial and personal use only. Get in touch for commercial uses.

Search stock photos by tags

Similar stock images

RM2BWAT2R–German prisoners of war relaxing on the pier at Southend - on - Sea , Essex .

RMBD5GNC–Southend Pier, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom

RMDCP2Y9–Southend-on-Sea Pier Victorian period

RME9XBMJ–Sailing dinghies in the Thames Estuary with Southend on Sea pier beyond on a cold windy February day

RMBJWEW3–Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea essex england uk gb

RMK6HEYH–People enjoy sunny day on the Southend Pier, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, United Kingdom, UK

RM2GG7CBP–1948, historical, a large number of people gathered on the end of the long pier at Southend on Sea, Essex, England, UK, to watch a ship dock. Southend Pier, which extends over a mile onto the Thames Estuary, is the longest pleasure pier in the world. A wooden pier was opened in 1830, with an iron pier replacing it in 1889. In 1929 the pier was extended.

RM2G504AY–A late 19th century view of the world's longest pleasure pier, built in 1830 and stretching some 1.34 miles (2.16 km) from shore in Southend-on-Sea aka Southend, in Essex, England on the north side of the Thames Estuary. Originally a few poor fishermen's huts and farms at the southern end of the village of Prittlewell it became ta seaside resort grew after a visit from Princess Caroline of Brunswick.

RM2FM2N22–Southend-on-Sea and Pier, Essex circa 1890-1900

RMG5DFMM–The plume of water after a 2,000lb Second World War bomb was exploded by a Royal Navy team, just a mile away from the pier at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. A mile-wide air and sea exclusion zone was set up around the unexploded German bomb. * one mile off the pier after it was caught in a fishing boat's nets.

RMCPN4RC–Pier Hill Lifts, Southend on Sea.

RMDXTRWT–Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. 30 March 2014 Southen Pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world.

RMEF81RT–Southend-on-Sea pier.