Westcliff-on-sea
Westcliff-on-Sea is a residential area of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort and also unitary authority in Essex in south-east England. It is on the north shore of the reduced Thames Estuary, about 34 miles (55 kilometres) east of London. The major buying location in Westcliff-on-Sea is Hamlet Court Road, where the department store Havens, established in 1901, stayed the anchor store until its closure in 2017. Hamlet Court Road took its name from a manor house called the Hamlet Court, which based on land now occupied by Pavarotti's dining establishment as well as adjoining shops, dealing with towards the sea with sweeping gardens down to the railway. The road later on turned into a solid independent retail area and also rapidly became famous outside the location as the Bond Street of Essex. There were numerous haberdashers and professional stores, and also it was not too uncommon to see licensed operators waiting on their companies to emerge from the stores.
