Westcliff-on-sea
Westcliff-on-Sea is a suburb of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort as well as unitary authority in Essex in south-east England. It is on the north shore of the lower Thames Estuary, about 34 miles (55 km) east of London. The primary purchasing area in Westcliff-on-Sea is Hamlet Court Road, where the department store Havens, established in 1901, stayed the anchor store till its closure in 2017. Hamlet Court Road took its name from a manor house called the Hamlet Court, which stood on land now occupied by Pavarotti's restaurant as well as adjacent stores, encountering towards the sea with sweeping gardens to the railway. The road later on became a strong independent retail location and rapidly became famous outside the location as the Bond Street of Essex. There were lots of haberdashers and expert stores, and it was not as well unusual to see chauffeurs waiting for their companies to emerge from the shops.
