What's Your Say Southend About
We value your feedback and ideas and believe your input is vital in shaping our city.
Our online community engagement hub, Your say Southend provides you with the opportunity to offer genuine input into a broad range of projects, activities and decisions. It is a dedicated space where you can gather information, share your ideas and have your say on a variety of matters.
Our online platform won’t replace face-to-face engagement, but we recognise that public engagement events are not always possible, especially in today’s climate of social distancing, or are not for everyone. That's why we have made this website - to make it easier for you to contribute and get involved in a way and at a time that suits you.
We hope you enjoy engaging with us through this site and take this opportunity to help shape the future of Southend-on-Sea. If you are not yet registered, you can register here to keep updated.
If you want to learn about how your say Southend works and how you can get involved, please read our FAQs. You can also get in touch by asking us a question or by giving us your feedback below.
General feedback and comments
On Friday 20 September 2024 in the afternoon I visited Southend with my dog and started walking from Prittlewell Gardens along the top of the cliffs towards Royal Terrace and the Pier. I stopped to take in the various views and took some photographs.
One photograph by the Cliff Lift (which again was out of order) features a notice requesting that animals in the area should not be fed as it is affecting the balance of wildlife in the gardens. I carried on walking, wondering what animals the Council would be referring to. When approaching Royal Terrace I moved down onto the walkway where there are benches that overlook what was once "Never, Never Land". Whilst observing the very overgrown and untidy cliffs two rats ran along the footpath in front of me. I was horrified and can only assume that the "animals" referred to in the Public Notice are Rats. I would add that I only stood there for a couple of minutes.
This area is obviously overrun with them and the Council should be doing something positive to erradicate them. For a Council that does not allow dogs on any of the beaches from May to September because of Health, Safety, Children etc., it is clearly OK for familes to sit on benches, admiring the view surrounded by vermin!
SPL
Driving around this town, I am seeing piles of black sacks, overflowing with rubbish and food, verges and hedges overgrown and causing obstructions. I’m embarrassed to invite friends to the area. We look like a third world town. Who ever runs highways needs to be fired.
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