The Hope Hotel
Southend-On-Sea
📍 34 Marine Parade, Southend-On-Sea, SS1 2EJ
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.2 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.2 mi (Open Charge Map)
🌊 Southend Jubilee: Good bathing water 0.4 mi · Environment Agency
Photo: Kim Fyson (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Set in an 18th Century Grade II listed coaching inn on the seafront
- Panoramic views across the Thames Estuary
- Large bar with live sports and resident weekend DJ
- London reachable within an hour by high-speed train
The Hope Hotel is an 18th Century Grade II listed coaching inn set at the heart of the seafront in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with panoramic views across the Thames Estuary. The 30 rooms come with satellite TV, in-room tea and coffee, free WiFi in public areas and a full English breakfast. On site you'll find a large traditional bar with live sports on big screens, an expansive beer garden and a furnished patio, plus a resident DJ playing weekend classics. The hotel is close to Southend Central station, with Southend Pier Museum and Adventure Island theme park both just a couple of minutes away, and Southend Jubilee beach within easy reach. London is reachable by high-speed train within the hour.
How far to…
- Southend Airport
- 10 minutes by taxi
- Station
- within 5 minutes
- Southend Pier
- a minute's walk
- Sea Life Aquarium
- three-minute walk
- Adventure Island
- two minutes
- Lakeside Shopping Centre
- 40 minutes door to door
Practical details
- Parking
- Free public car park behind the hotel overnight, charges apply during the day
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 21 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Evening Entertainment
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ WiFi
- ✓ Parking
- 🌊 Sea Views
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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