3 Shells Beach and Lagoon — Attraction in England

Great little beach with a small separated shallow section which is not affected by tide and so available all day and generally warmer than the sea itself. The sea gets up to 20°C in the summer and the separate section up to 25°C some nice days. Shower is available and free. Parking is available on the main road nearby but you have to come early or be lucky to park (mobile card payments are accepted so coins are not necessary). The beach itself is free. Search google for tide times because the sea level changes up to 6 meters every 6h and you'd want to be there when the tide is high...

Worst beach I have ever been to (and I have been to quite a few bad beaches). Nappies were buried in the sand and dog waste too. The lagoon was very mucky and there were shards of glass left in the sand. I don’t know who would let their child play on this beach as it is very dangerous. I would not suggest coming here because you will probably feel sick when you see it. Do not come here if you value your health.

Note: This review was written a year ago. I only wanted to fix a...

Awful! We travelled to Southend for the day to visit the beach and adventure park. It was very expensive to park £14 for 5 hours. The lagoon is heavily polluted with rubbish and the smell is awful I don't know ow who would let the kids paddle there as you can see the old drinks cans, bottles and other rubbish. All expensive and just dirty. Very disappointed as this does have the potential to be nice. This is my first ever review that has so...