Businesses across the Southend borough are preparing themselves for what they hope will be a busy weekend. 

The three-day, bank holiday weekend is the first since all shops reopened after lockdown and with the weather set fair, it is hoped visitors and residents will come out in their droves and make the most of their new-found freedom. 

A busy Southend envitably means busy and even full car parks, causing something of a headache for residents and tourists. 

So here is a list of all the public car parks in the borough, how much it costs to use each one and how many spaces are available in each one:

*Details are correct at date of publication*

Free

  • Hadleigh Road – 9 spaces
  • Leigh Hill – 12 spaces
  • Pargat Drive – 19 spaces
  • Rayleigh Road – 55 spaces
  • St Laurence Way – 21 spaces
  • Sutherland Boulevard – 13 spaces
  • Uttons Avenue – 11 spaces

£1 per hour or £12 for 10 hours

  • Beecroft Upper, Victoria Avenue - 79 spaces
  • Belton Gardens North, Leigh – 61 spaces
  • Belton Gardens South, Leigh - 46 spaces
  • Civic Centre North, Carnarvon Road - 85 spaces
  • Elm Road, Leigh - 90 spaces
  • Leigh Foundry, High Street, Leigh – 11 spaces
  • Leigh Marshes – 109 spaces
  • North Street, Leigh – 34 spaces
  • Shoebury Common (North) – 250 spaces
  • Shoebury East Beach, George Street – 250 spaces

£1.10 per hour or £12 for 10 hours

  • Alexandra Street - 73 spaces
  • Ceylon Road, Westcliff - 50 spaces
  • Clarence Road - 126 spaces
  • Essex Street – 197 spaces
  • Hamlet Court Rd, Westcliff-on-Sea – 155 spaces
  • Ilfracombe Avenue – 47 spaces
  • London Road (North) – 14 spaces
  • North Road – 94 spaces
  • Pitmans Close – 10 spaces
  • Tylers Avenue, York Road - 242 spaces
  • University Square, College Way – 304 spaces
  • Warrior Square – 403 spaces
  • York Road Market – 96 spaces

£2.50 for one hour, £2 for further hour after that or £18 for 10 hours

  • Fairheads Green, Eastern Esplanade – 213 spaces
  • Gas Works, Eastern Esplanade – 157 spaces
  • Seaway, Chancellor Road – 658 spaces
  • Shorefield Road, Westcliff – 126 spaces
  • Thorpe Esplanade – 32 spaces

N/A

  • Cliffs Pavilion, Station Road – 53 spaces
  • Gunners Park, New Barge Pier Road – 92 spaces
  • Gunners Park, Warrior Square Road – 21 spaces
  • Shoebury Common (South) NA – 73 spaces
  • Short Street – 100 spaces
  • Thorpe Bay Broadway – 36 spaces