Thorpe Bay

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Thorpe Bay
population =
unitary_england= Southend-on-Sea
lieutenancy_england=Essex
region= East of England
postcode_district= SS1
postcode_area=SS
dial_code= 01702
os_grid_reference=

Thorpe Bay is an area within the Borough of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, situated on the Thames Estuary.

Thorpe Bay is situated within the Southend ward of Thorpe. Originally the area was called Thorpe, but was renamed Thorpe Bay after its station. The station had been given the name to indicate that it was a seaside settlement. It can be defined as the area between Thorpe Hall Avenue to the west (beyond which is Southchurch), Maplin Way to the east, (beyond which is Shoeburyness), and Acacia Drive/Station Road to the north (beyond which is Bournes Green).

The main shopping area, named "The Broadway", is a parade of shops and restaurants, surrounded by residential houses (mainly built in the 1920s) in a grid pattern. Thorpe Bay railway station is the penultimate station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line served by c2c from London Fenchurch Street (the last being Shoeburyness railway station). Consequently, a large number of residents commute to London. Thorpe Bay boasts one of the main golf clubs in Southend-on-Sea, the Thorpe Hall Golf Club. Thorpe Bay Bowling Club and Lawn Tennis Club are located on the North side of the B1016 (the main road along the seafront) in close proximity to each other and are private annual organisations open for membership, as is Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, a short way further down the seafront. Thorpe Bay has no cinema, theatre or any recognisable cultural centre, other than the golf club, lawn tennis club, bowling club, yacht club, bridge club and a coffee shop with a gallery on the Broadway.

chools

Thorpe Bay has two schools, Bournes Green Infants and Junior School and Thorpe Greenways Infants and Junior School.