A well-known UK beach has come under fire from tourists for being the “worst place on Earth,” after visitors claim it was littered with condoms and alcohol cans and full with raw sewage. Disappointed tourists in Jubilee Beach in Southend-on-Sea discovered sewage that has been discharged into the sea as a result of the recent heavy rains, washing up on the sand. While the beach is one of Britain’s most popular seaside towns, tourists took to TripAdvisor to give negative reviews.
Gio622 called on Brits to “avoid the beach, avoid the city, avoid the people” as the beach has “more drug dealers, drug takers and tramps than anyone else”, describing it as “an absolutely abysmal place”.
iamdiscombobulated joined the chorus of criticism, saying the beach’s “horrible state” has not seen “any improvement” in years.
The TripAdvisor user commented: “When we arrived, we saw many red flags as we went along. Lots of litter on the beaches and pavements filthy water with plastics in it and generally it is just a bad beach.”
Ezrah-101 said she was subjected to “racial abuse”, got “attacked” and was told to “go back to your country” by two people while visiting the beach.
Jane W complained about “filthy pavements” along the seafront and up the High Street, which she said was covered with “chewing gum”, “stains” and “filth”.
“Give it a good clean,” she wrote. “God knows what a child could pick if they fall over on those pavements.”
Other users went on to tell people to “stay away” from Jubilee Beach, describing it as a “noisy”, “terrible”, “awful” and “poor value” place.
The popular beach, which stretches from Southend Pier to Thorpe Bay, is one of the 70 beaches to receive a Surfers Against Sewage warning.
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Since last summer, Britain has seen its network of around 18,000 licensed sewers overflowing and routinely discharging raw sewage into rivers and the ocean.
In 2021 alone, sewage was discharged into rivers and seas 370,000 times for a total of 2.7 million hours, according to Surfers Against Sewage.
The marine conservation and campaign charity accuses water companies’ shareholders of “profiteering off pollution” with an “eye-watering £60billion in dividends.”
The Environment Agency found that 90 percent of sewage monitors at the seasides are broken and in many locations not installed.
