Poppies on the Pier, featuring 110,471 donated knitted and crocheted poppies, will close on Sunday, 23 November. Stretching along the entire length of Southend Pier, the world’s longest pleasure pier, ...

Southend Council have confirmed the Poppies on the Pier Remembrance display will be extended for an extra week after a "massive turnout".

A striking display of more than 110,000 poppies has been unveiled on the world's longest pleasure pier. Donations of crocheted poppies poured in from around the world and now run the entire 1.33-mile ...

Southend-On-Sea Borough Council and its urban regeneration company Renaissance Southend today announced plans to transform the town’s seafront after its pier burnt down on 9 October.