Can you drink alcohol in public in southend on sea?

Answer 1

You may drink alcohol in plastic cups bought from nearby vendors in designated areas around the seafront in the summer season and during festivals. You may not drink alcohol in these areas if it is in a glass or a glass bottle.

If you are drinking from a glass or glass bottle, you may not leave the premises (bar or pub) that you purchased the drink from (though it is fine to drink directly outside those premises).

You may not drink alcohol anywhere else in the public areas of Southend, such as streets, shopping centres, public roads, housing estates, amusements, theme parks, train stations, bus stations and so on.

Drinking from glass containers in the designated drinking zones or drinking in public where/when such thing is not allowed will result in a street caution by the police, which involves having your details and picture taken (some police officers in Southend have miniature WiFi video cameras attached to their shoulders) and stored on the local police system. Southend's police use state of the art identification methods, such as facial recognition. Breaching the caution can result in arrest. The police also have the authority to pour your drink down a drain.

Make sure you are drinking in a designated area during a designated season/festival, then you'll be fine.