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 gets on the north coast of the reduced Thames Estuary, concerning 34 miles (55 kilometres) east of London. The main buying area in Westcliff-on-Sea is Hamlet Court Road, where the outlet store Havens, developed in 1901, remained the anchor store till its closure in 2017. Hamlet Court Road took its name from a manor house called the Hamlet Court, which depended on land now occupied by Pavarotti's dining establishment and adjacent stores, facing towards the sea with sweeping yards to the rail line. The road later became a strong independent retail location and quickly became famous outside the location as the Bond Street of Essex. There were several haberdashers and specialist shops, and it was not too uncommon to see drivers waiting on their employers to emerge from the shops.