Hotels near London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport sits at the edge of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with its own railway station built onto the terminal. Hotels here range from budget chain rooms near the runway to seafront guesthouses a short taxi ride toward the pier and beach.
Southend Airport's biggest advantage over London's larger hubs is its size: a small terminal, a short walk to the on-site railway platform, and none of the sprawling transfers that eat into a trip elsewhere. Hotels near the airport split into two clear groups. A handful sit right by the terminal, built for a quick overnight before an early flight, with free parking and predictable chain-brand rooms. A much wider set clusters along the seafront and town centre a short taxi ride away, where Southend's identity as a proper English seaside resort takes over: the pier, the beach, Adventure Island and rows of family-run guesthouses that predate the airport's growth by decades.
London Southend Airport in numbers
Family9.8The Moorings Bed and Breakfast
Family9.6Beaches Guest House
Family9.4pebbles Hotel
Family9.4Creeksea Place Barns
Family9.4Camelia Hotel Southend
Near the airport9.4WNS Hotel
Family9.2Roslin Beach Hotel
Near the airport9.0The Royal Burnham Yacht Club
Family9.0Ilfracombe House Hotel
Near the airport9.0Hamiltons Boutique Hotel - Accommodation & Tea Room - Southend on Sea
Family8.8Premier Inn Southend-On-Sea (Thorpe Bay) hotel
Family8.8The Ship Inn
Family8.6Premier Inn Southend Airport hotel
Family8.6The Rochford Hotel
Near the airport8.6University of Essex Southend Rooms
Family8.6Cobham Lodge Hotel
Family8.6Cherry Tree - Stambridge
Family8.6Holiday Inn Southend by IHG
Near the airport8.4Isabella Rooms
Family8.4Premier Inn Southend On Sea (Eastern Esplanade) hotel
Family8.4The Oysterfleet Hotel, Restaurant & Bar
Family8.2The Last Post
Family8.2Seven Hotel
Family8.2The Hope Hotel
Family8.0Oakland Hotel
Airport shuttle7.6Park Inn by Radisson Palace, Southend-on-Sea
Near the airport7.4Southend Airport Bed and Breakfast
Family7.2Skylark Hotel
Family7.0The New Chichester Hotel
Near the airport0.0Southend Retreat King Suite
What to expect
- The airport's own railway station sits beside the terminal, a two-minute covered walk from check-in
- Southend Pier is the longest pleasure pier in the world, a defining local landmark
- Thorpe Bay and Eastern Esplanade offer quieter, more residential seafront stays close to the airport
- Adventure Island amusement park and Sealife Adventure anchor the family-holiday side of town
- Westcliff-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea further west add Victorian townhouses and an Old Town cockle-shed waterfront
Good to know
- ✓Book a hotel near the terminal for a tight overnight turnaround, and a seafront address for a longer layover with time to explore
- ✓Use the airport's own railway station if arriving by train, it avoids a shuttle bus transfer entirely
- ✓Check whether breakfast and parking are included separately, several budget hotels near the airport charge for one or both
- ✓Visit Southend Pier and the seafront on a free afternoon, both are within a short taxi ride of most hotels on this list
- ✓Confirm free parking availability in advance during peak summer weekends, when Southend's seafront draws day-trippers as well as air travellers