A new bar serving cocktails and beer on Southend Pier is set to open just for the summer.

The new Pier Cocktail Bar is being launched this weekend in a pier head beach hut.

And people are being urged not to miss out as the bar is open for a limited time only.

The bar will offer a selection of drinks from Tapp'd cocktails, Leigh Brewing Company and George's Brewery. 

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Customers can also try out the bar's bespoke 'Fire on the Pier' cocktail which uses flavoured gin from Tiptree.

A spokesman for Southend Pier and Railway said: "Celebrate reaching the end of the world’s longest pleasure pier this summer with a visit to the Pier Cocktail Bar."

The bar will be open from 12pm to 7pm every weekend from this Saturday (July 23) until the end of August.

The spokesman added: "So don’t miss out…grab yourself a beer on the pier!"