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With early summer upon us, this guide ranks the best British seaside piers with arcades, helping plan classic coastal trips and fun days out for the sunshine season.

The Kursaal Amusement Park, one of Southend’s most recognisable seafront landmarks, is set to reopen following a landmark agreement that will bring the historic site back into active use.

In this article we will share our take on the best free slots games for iPhone and Android in 2026. These are native casino gaming slot machines available for both iPhone and Android that let players play slots directly on their phones using a 'free to play' internal coin system.

The UK has a long and proud history of seaside entertainment, stretching back hundreds of years. From Victorian penny arcades and travelling fairgrounds to the bright lights of the Golden Mile, amusement arcades have always been part of the British seaside experience.

Southend is located on the Thames Estuary and is around an hour from central London by train. The area combines the charm of classic Victorian seaside architecture with the benefits of modern investment more commonly found closer to the capital.

Seaside amusement arcades are back - and not just as a nostalgic memory. Post-lockdown, with the cost of living squeezing overseas travel and wanderlust refusing to budge, Brits have been returning in droves to the coastal towns they once left behind.