Travelling to Southend Campus
The full address of our Southend Campus is:
Southend Campus
Elmer Approach
Southend-on-Sea
SS1 1LW
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1702 328200
Our Southend Campus is ideally located in the heart of the town centre within
easy reach of the M25 and Stansted Airport with quick train connections to
London.
You can get to the Southend Campus by bicycle, bus, train and car. Regular
coach connections from Stansted Airport take an hour and a half and train
services from London take under an hour. Information is also available for
international travellers.
Airports
If you are flying into Stansted Airport – London's third international
airport – you can get to our Southend Campus by car or taxi in around 60
minutes. You can also take the X30 coach service from Stansted Airport to
Southend town centre. Southend Airport is due to expand passenger flights to
destinations across Europe from Spring 2012.
Bus
As the Campus is located in the town centre, most local buses stop nearby
throughout the day and at weekends.
Further information is available on our
Traffic updates and route planners web page.
Train
Train services to London from Southend take under an hour.
Southend is served by two major railway lines:
- c2c - operates services from
Southend Central train station to London Fenchurch Street. Southend Central is
next to our Southend Campus.
- 'National Express East
Anglia' - operates services from Southend Victoria train station to London
Liverpool Street. Southend Victoria is a short walk from our Southend Campus.
Further information is available on our
traffic updates and route planners web page.
Car
Southend is just half an hour from the M25 and there is town centre parking
close to our Campus.
To reach the Campus by car, follow signs from the A13 or A127 for the Town
Centre. A
map of the Southend Campus
is available online. The closest car parks to the Campus are underneath
University Square student accommodation, which can be accessed from College Way,
and underneath South Essex College, which can be accessed from Elmer Approach.
Cycle
There are cycle racks outside the Gateway Building and Clifftown Studios and
inside University Square, with other cycle parking available throughout the town
centre.
Information on cycle routes in Southend is available on the
Southend Borough Council website
Coach
National Express coach services to Southend Bus Station operate from all over
Britain. Direct coaches to Southend run every hour from Stansted airport and on
a regular basis from other UK airports.
Further information is available on the
National Express website.