Southend Queensway
Queensway is a dual carriageway running around the north and east of Southend town centre. It was originally designed as a ring road, with initial …
Canvey Island Urban District Council Office
This building along Long Road was most recently a health centre, but closed in 2018 and has been sitting disused since. It was once perhaps …
Canvey Island Transport Museum
See above the front of the depot in 1990 (Frank Whitnell) and in 2013 The Canvey & District Bus Depot was built in 1934, featuring …
Thanet Air Raid Shelters
Across the country hundreds of air raid shelters were built at the outbreak of World War Two, both above and beneath the surface with the …
Castle Point Council Civil Defence Bunker
We have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to document a nuclear bunker built in the basement of Castle Point Borough Council’s offices. …
Maidstone Library Tower
In April 1959 proposals were revealed for a new County Library premises, which had been approved by the council but needed funding of £144,000 plus …
HMP Bullwood Hall
H.M.P. Bullwood Hall was a former women’s prison in Hockley, built in the 1960’s initially as a women’s borstal. The site was opened to house …
Great Wakering School Air Raid Shelters
Great Wakering Old School was built in 1876. It is now a community centre and pre-school. In both the fore and rear courts of the …
Castle View School, Canvey
Share your memories with us by commenting at the end of the article! Now lying derelict with overgrown grass, collapsed ceilings and smashed windows, this …
Brentwood Police Station
The Brentwood police station perimeter lies derelict on a plot of land quarantined by a construction fence. The structure is slowly falling into disrepair whilst …
The Supreme Court
Beyond the Point has gone on a special tour of the Supreme Court – the highest court in the UK. The court is based in …
Essex Police Museum
The Essex Police Museum covers the history of the police force prior to it’s establishment in 1840 up till the present day. With dozens of …
Essex Police Headquarters
Essex Police first dates back to 1840 when it was established as the Essex County Constabulary, based in the old military barracks in Arbour Lane, …
Southend Central Museum
The building originates back to 1905, when the site was first opened as the towns first free library. The Grade II listed site remained as …
Westcliff High School for Boys History
Liam from Beyond the Point has worked with school to produce a feature-length documentary on the school’s history including both an insight into life there …
Beecroft Gallery & Former Library, Southend
Brutalism is an architectural style that resulted from post-war space-age and post-modernist design influences seen in buildings from the 1950s up to 1970s and rarely …
Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower is an overlooked treasure English Heritage holds directly opposite from The Houses of Parliament. It was built from 1365-66 to house the personal …
The National Archives
When we visited the Houses of Parliament last year for the launch of the campaign ‘Archive Awareness’ we were fortunate to meet Clem Brohier who …
Big Ben
Big Ben (formally known at the Elizabeth Tower) is one of the worlds most iconic buildings, rating it as the 13th most iconic landmark in …