but there aren't many areas within the Borough that would put it at the top of your list for retirement.
Surprisingly Southend actually came out as the best place in the UK to retire in a 2006 report:
Southend-on-Sea 'best place to retire' | Mail Online
.... and Southend has got better since then. The seafront regeneration is impressive and the Roslin Beach Hotel first class; the Palace Hotel which dominates the Pier Head cliff is being well renovated. The largest Waitrose in the UK. And now an airport which can fly you to your 3 month winter hibernation in Benidorm. What more can a retiree want....? I assume you'll be moving back in a few years time to put your feet up and bask in that view of the Isle of Grain, Expressflight?