is a
Town in southeast
Essex ,
England , situated at the mouth of the river
Thames . It is within the borough of
Southend-on-Sea , and is situated at the far east of the borough, around 3 miles east of Southend town centre. It was an
Urban District of Essex from 1894 to 1933, when it became part of the
County Borough of Southend-on-Sea.http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10023713&c_id=10001043
The eastern terminus of the
London, Tilbury And Southend Railway (c2c line) is at
Shoeburyness Railway Station . The eastern end of the
A13 is at Shoeburyness. The
Ministry Of Defence site at
Pig's Bay is situated nearby.
Shoeburyness has two beaches; East Beach and Shoebury Common Beach (also known as West Beach), both
Blue Flag Beaches :
is a beautiful sandy / pebbly beach around a quarter of a mile long and is sandwiched between the
Pig's Bay MOD site and the former Shoeburyness Artillery barracks. Access to the large gravel / grass pay & display car park is via Rampart Terrace. East Beach is the home of a defence boom, built in 1954, to prevent enemy shipping and submarines from accessing the
River Thames .Replaced an earlier ww2 similar boom built 100yds east The majority of the boom was dismantled after the war, but around one mile still remains stretching out into the Thames Estuary. East Beach benefits from a large grassy area immediately adjacent to the sands that is suitable for informal sports and family fun.
is bounded to the East by the Shoeburyness Artillery Barracks and continues into Jubilee Beach. Shoebury Common Beach is home to many beach huts located in the promenade and on the sand. Uncle Tom's Cabin provides visitors with the usual seaside refreshments. A
Royal National Lifeboat Institution watch tower at the eastern end of the beach keeps watch over the sands and mudflats while listening out for distress calls over the radio.
A great tower is currently in the planning stages that will one day stand in the Shoeburyness Garrison housing development. It is hoped it will rival the Angel of the North. The tower, as yet unnamed, will be part of the Thames Gateway project, a development that will rejuvenate large portions of the Thames Estuary.
