Southend Clearing Open Day

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There is plenty of city centre parking in public car parks. The closest car park is located underneath University Square student accommodation which accessed via College Way and is payable by phone only.

Blue badge holders with Southend on Sea issued blue badges can park for free. Badge holders with badges issued by other authorities will need to pay the appropriate car park charges, however on street parking bays remain available and free of charge to all badge holders.

There are frequent trains from London to Southend which is served by two different rail lines, with journey times of 45 minutes to one hour:

• Southend Victoria (0.3 miles from our campus) to London Liverpool Street - operated by Abellio Greater Anglia
• Southend Central (0.2 miles from our campus) to London Fenchurch Street - operated by c2c

Both London Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street have underground and bus connections available for connections with Stansted, Gatwick and Heathrow Airport.

• National Express operate services to Southend bus station from all over the UK.
• As the campus is located in the city centre, most local buses stop nearby. Buses are run by Arrivabus and tickets can be bought online or via their app. Take advantage of their Student Saver tickets, available to anyone in full-time education.
• There are also a number of local services based in Southend. Below are some of those available:
  • 333444 Taxis
  • Southend Airport taxi transfer, call 07427 095060
  • Steve's Radio Cars, call 01702 559519

We appreciate that travelling to university events can be expensive and with rising costs, we want to ensure that as many of our prospective students as possible are able to visit us. We are therefore offering a bursary of up to £75 to reimburse your travel costs to visit us.

Take a look at the terms and conditions (.pdf) and you can complete an online travel bursary form after checking in at the event, or after the event, you will receive an email with a link to complete the form. If you have any questions, please contact us at opendays@essex.ac.uk.

To allow you to soak up the atmosphere on campus, we are offering discounted student accommodation either the night before the Clearing Open Day (18 August) or the night of the Clearing Open Day (19 August). Each room is a single en-suite bedroom for single use, costing £40.

Bookers under the age of 18 years old will need to be accompanied by adult, staying in a separate room.

To secure your discounted room, visit this link and use the promotion code "VIPSO".