Westcliff-on-Sea is a suburb of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort and also unitary authority in Essex in south-east England. It is on the north coast of the reduced Thames Estuary, concerning 34 miles (55 km) east of London. The main buying area in Westcliff-on-Sea is Hamlet Court Road, where the chain store Havens, developed in 1901, continued to be the anchor store till its closure in 2017. Hamlet Court Road took its name from a manor house called the Hamlet Court, which based on land currently inhabited by Pavarotti's restaurant and also adjoining stores, dealing with in the direction of the sea with sweeping yards down to the railway. The road later turned into a strong independent retail location and also promptly arrived outside the location as the Bond Street of Essex. There were several haberdashers and also specialist shops, and it was not as well uncommon to see chauffeurs waiting for their companies to arise from the shops.