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 The roundabout at Cuckoo Corner | ||||
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| Length | 3.5 mi (5.6 km) | |||
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| Southeast end | Thorpe Bay | |||
 A13  A127 | ||||
| Northwest end | London Southend Airport | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | |||
| Constituent country | England | |||
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The A1159 road is a short road skirting the north of Southend-on-Sea from Thorpe Bay to London Southend Airport, in the coastal city [1] of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
The A1159 commences its journey at Bournes Green Roundabout, its junction with the A13. The road heads northwest as Royal Artillery Way, which skirts the northern edge of the Southend urban area. The road then reaches a roundabout, with access to a housing estate to the south, and a leisure centre to the north. The A1159 reaches another roundabout up Eastern Avenue, with Fossetts Way giving access to Fossetts Park Retail Centre and Wellesley Hospital, and Sutton Road giving access to Temple Farm Industrial Estate. We then pass over Prittlewell Station, on the Greater Anglia line from London Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria Station. It then skirts Priory Park to the north as Priory Crescent, before it reaches a junction with the A127. At the junction, the A1159 turns right, becoming the residential road of Manners Way. The road ends at the next roundabout, at the entrance to London Southend Airport. The other roads at the roundabout are unclassified.
In 2000 plans were announced to dual a 800m stretch of the A1159 comprising Priory Crescent and the Cuckoo Corner junction connecting it to the A127. This plan would, alongside the widening of the road, also included rebuilding of the bridge on which the road crosses the railway line. [2] Preparatory work in 2003 led to the discovery of the Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell archaeological remains, a rare example of Anglo-Saxon burial. [3] The road scheme has faced local controversy due to its location over the grave site and the loss of land from the adjoining Priory Park that would occur with its construction. The scheme is opposed by single issue local campaign groups Parklife and Priory Park Preservation Society. Since 2005 it has also been the site of an anti-road protest camp known as Camp Bling. [4] Due to the opposition from local residents and the escalation in costs, the scheme is currently under review. [5] When first proposed in 2000 the scheme was given an estimated cost of £3.5 million, [2] but by 2006 costs had escalated to £20 million and in 2008 the new scheme was estimated at £10.8 million. This reduction in cost is mostly due to the removal of proposals to rebuild the railway bridge from the scheme. [5]
At a meeting held between campaigners and Council members at the end of April 2009 it was announced that the scheme had been abandoned following its failure to receive funding from central government. [6] [7]
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Southend-on-Sea, commonly referred to as Southend, is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) east of central London. It is bordered to the north by Rochford and to the west by Castle Point. The city is one of the most densely populated places in the country outside of London. It is home to the longest pleasure pier in the world, Southend Pier, while London Southend Airport is located to the north of the city centre.
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The Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial or Prittlewell princely burial is a high-status Anglo-Saxon burial mound which was excavated at Prittlewell, north of Southend-on-Sea, in the English county of Essex.
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The Eastern Avenue is one of the main roads leading out of London. The 10-mile (16 km) road is part of the A12, a 129-mile road connecting Blackwall in London with the seaside town of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
The A127, also known as the Southend Arterial Road, is a major road in Essex, England. It was constructed as a new arterial road project in the 1920s, linking Romford with Southend-on-Sea, replacing the older A13. Formerly classified as a trunk road, it was "de-trunked" in 1997. It is known as the Southend Arterial Road except for part of its length in Southend-on-Sea. It is also streetlit for its whole length despite its majority coverage through rural land.
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Camp Bling was a UK-based road protest camp set up in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in September 2005, to obstruct a £25 million plan to widen the Priory Crescent section of the A1159 road over the Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell. In April 2009, the authority announced that plans to build the road had been abandoned and the camp was disbanded in July 2009.
Southend-on-Sea Corporation Transport was the overarching name given to the local municipal transport services provided to the town of Southend-on-Sea by the local council. Initially started as a tramway, although known officially as Southend-on-Sea Corporation Light Railway, the trams started operating on 19 July 1901 until the service was terminated on 8 April 1942. A trolleybus system was introduced in 16 October 1925, gradually replacing the tramway, before it closed on 28 October 1954. Motorbuses were first run by the Corporation in 1914, but two years later they withdrew the services. Buses did not return to the Corporation's service until 1932, eventually replacing the trams and trolleybuses. In 1974, the organisation was renamed Southend Transport, and after the Transport Act of 1985, it became involved in a bus war with rival Thamesway. The council sold Southend Transport to British Bus group in June 1993, which in turn was taken over by the Cowie group. Cowie was renamed Arriva in August 1998, with Southend Transport becoming Arriva serving Southend.
Robert Arthur Jones was born in Liverpool but moved to Southend-on-Sea after working for a clock and watchmaker in Manchester. In 1890 he set up his jewellery business on Southend's High Street. He went on to become one of the most important benefactors of the town.
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