Westcliff-on-Sea is a residential area of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort and unitary authority in Essex in south-east England. It is on the north coast of the lower Thames Estuary, regarding 34 miles (55 kilometres) eastern of London. The main buying area in Westcliff-on-Sea is Hamlet Court Road, where the outlet store Havens, established in 1901, stayed the anchor store up until 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 shops, dealing with in the direction of the sea with sweeping yards to the rail line. The road later developed into a strong independent retail area and promptly arrived outside the area as the Bond Street of Essex. There were lots of haberdashers and also specialist stores, as well as it was not also unusual to see chauffeurs waiting for their employers to emerge from the stores.