Is Southend-on-Sea walkable?

This page covers Southend-on-Sea: 182,000 people, including Shoeburyness and Leigh on Sea.

60/100Updated 29 October 2026 · map data of 27 October 2026
Walking score where people live
52%of Europe lives in lower-scoring places
47thof 118 cities in the United Kingdom on the map, tied with another city
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In Southend-on-Sea, the walk to public transport compares best with Europe: 3 minutes for the typical resident, better than most of Europe. The walk to a park compares least well with Europe: 6 minutes for the typical resident, worse than most of Europe. Easiest to walk: Leigh on Sea (64). Hardest: North Shoebury (50).

The city at a glance

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On the map, click any street to see its score and the walk to each need.

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The walk to eight daily needs

Minutes on foot for a typical resident.

NeedTypical walkCompared with EuropePeople with one within 20 min
Groceries5 minAbout typical100%
Food and drink5 minAbout typical100%
Shops5 minAbout typical100%
Health6 minAbout typical100%
School7 minAbout typical100%
Parks6 minWorse than most100%
Culture10 minAbout typical89%
Public transport3 minBetter than most100%

Compared with the rest of the country

87% of the streets in Southend-on-Sea are among the most walkable 20% in Great Britain (the United Kingdom without Northern Ireland, which the map scores together with Ireland).

Dashed line: the average in Great Britain (20%).
Streets ranked in Great BritainBarSouthend-on-Sea
Most walkable 20%
87%
Above the middle
10%
Middle 20%
1%
Below the middle
1%
Lowest-scoring 20%
1%

Most walkable and lowest-scoring areas

Click an area name to see it on the map.

Most walkable

Numbers 1 to 3 on the map.
AreaTypical score
64
63
63

Lowest overall score

Letters A to C on the map.
AreaTypical score
50
54
56

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Cities like Southend-on-Sea

Cities of similar size and score.

CityCountryPeopleTypical score
NewportUnited Kingdom169,00060
WarringtonUnited Kingdom210,00060
PratoItaly197,00061

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What this page covers

Walkably gives places in Europe a walking score from 0 to 100, based on the walk to eight daily needs and how pleasant the streets are.

This page uses the boundary of Southend-on-Sea as Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, draws it. Besides Southend-on-Sea itself, it takes in Shoeburyness and Leigh on Sea. About 182,000 people live there (2018 figure). Inside it we scored 4,577 street cells with 6,635 buildings in them.

Every number here comes from the same scores as the map. The score runs from 0 to 100. The walk to eight daily needs on real streets makes up 60% of it, and how pleasant the streets are makes up 40%. Each place counts by the people who live there, from census counts: the typical score is the score of where people live. The comparison with Europe counts 466.8 million people. The score uses no data about who lives anywhere: no income, age, origin or other personal data. How the score works.