Work is now well under way on the new Travel Lodge hotel which is taking place next to the Halfway House pub on Eastern Esplanade, Southend.

First for 50 years - the new hotel on Southend's seafront. Picture: LUAN MARSHALL FMDVT12

The Scottish and Newcastle hotel is expected to cater for both the business and tourist trade in the town. It is the first purpose-built new hotel on the seafront for more than 50 years.

The new building is expected to open in the New Year. Its construction led to the closure of the long-established Halfway Yacht Club which occupied the site on lease from the brewery.

Published Thursday November 7, 2002

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