UK beach branded ‘worst place on Earth’ on TripAdvisor with visitors told to ‘stay away’ – but is it unfair?

TOURISTS have slammed a UK beach as the “worst place on Earth” and told other visitors to “stay away” after encountering raw sewage, drug addicts and litter there.

Southend-on-Sea in Essex is one of Britain’s most famous seaside resorts, but one of its beaches has been widely panned on TripAdvisor.

Jubilee Beach, once considered Southend’s best, was flooded with raw sewage pumped into the sea after recent heavy rain.

It is of one of 70 UK beaches to receive a Surfers Against Sewage warning.

The beach is ranked on as the 68th-best place to visit in Southend, with many users telling horror stories about it.

Gio said: “The worst place on Earth. Avoid the beach, avoid the city, avoid the people.

“More drug dealers, drug takers and tramps than anyone else – an absolutely abysmal place.”

Another said: “Awful area. Everyone was basically just doing what they wanted on the beach – smoking weed, allowing aggressive dogs off lead.

“Everywhere you walk is just rubbish that people cannot be bothered to pick up.

“I’m not talking about the odd lolly stick or cup, there were cups, cans of alcohol, plastic Tesco bags, lighters, left tents, condoms, bottle caps, and God knows anything else that’s been covered by the sand.

“I wouldn’t recommend this beach for anyone to be honest but especially for people travelling with young children.

“I travelled with a young family member and kept having to watch her to make sure she didn’t pick up anything from the SAND where she was trying to play.”

A third visitor said: “All you can smell is weed everywhere, it’s full of 16-year-olds blasting music and parents dirty-dancing on each other.

“There’s litter everywhere and I was followed around by a creepy guy when it was just me and my three-year-old daughter.”

But other visitors leapt to the defence of the much-maligned beach.

Linda said: “A clean and tidy beach. Amazing sunrises and sunsets. Beautiful views and ambience. Safe and sandy.”

It comes after residents in one of the UK’s best seaside resorts said they are terrified that their picturesque cliffs could be brought down by burrowing rats.

Locals in another idyllic seaside resort were devastated after it became a “ghost town” with empty bars and derelict shops.