Westcliff-on-sea
Westcliff-on-Sea is a suburban area of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort and unitary authority in Essex in south-east England. It gets on the north coast of the lower Thames Estuary, about 34 miles (55 kilometres) eastern of London. The main 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 currently occupied by Pavarotti's dining establishment and also adjacent stores, facing towards the sea with sweeping gardens down to the railway. The road later turned into a strong independent retail area and also rapidly became famous outside the area as the Bond Street of Essex. There were lots of haberdashers and also specialist stores, and also it was not too unusual to see drivers waiting for their companies to arise from the stores.