Southend United face a middling travel workload in the National League, covering 3,135 miles across 23 away days — 156 miles above the average. The longest journey is the 275-mile trip to Carlisle United, while the shortest is just 20 miles to Hornchurch. 10 of their away days exceed 150 miles as the crow flies. With return legs that's roughly 6,270 miles of round trips — about 125 hours on the coach, or 53.6 laps of the M25.
* All distances are straight-line (as the crow flies) and do not represent road or rail distances.
How far is Southend United?
Southend United play at Roots Hall. This season their nearest National League away ground is Hornchurch at 20 miles, and their furthest is Carlisle United at 275 miles. In total Southend United travel 3,135 miles on away days — 7th most in the National League.
All distances straight-line (crow-flies) · See full National League travel table →
Travel Insights
Trips Ranked by Distance
How Far In Each Direction?
All away days 2026/27 (23)
| # | Away at | Miles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hornchurch | 20 |
| 2 | Sutton United | 41 |
| 3 | Boreham Wood | 43 |
| 4 | Wealdstone | 48 |
| 5 | Woking | 57 |
| 6 | Aldershot Town | 66 |
| 7 | Worthing | 69 |
| 8 | Eastleigh | 99 |
| 9 | Boston United | 102 |
| 10 | Solihull Moors | 121 |
| 11 | Tamworth | 126 |
| 12 | Forest Green Rovers | 127 |
| 13 | Kidderminster Harriers | 138 |
| 14 | Yeovil Town | 152 |
| 15 | Scunthorpe United | 153 |
| 16 | Altrincham | 180 |
| 17 | FC Halifax Town | 184 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 193 |
| 19 | AFC Fylde | 216 |
| 20 | Hartlepool United | 231 |
| 21 | Barrow | 242 |
| 22 | Gateshead | 254 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 275 |
🚆 Nearest Train Station to Southend United
The nearest train station to Southend United (Roots Hall) is Prittlewell (PRL), approximately 0.4 miles from the ground — around a 9-minute walk.
| # | Station | Code | Distance | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prittlewell | PRL | 0.4 mi | 9 min |
| 2 | Southend Victoria | SOV | 0.6 mi | 12 min |
| 3 | Westcliff | WCF | 0.9 mi | 18 min |
Prittlewell is under a mile from Roots Hall, a comfortable walk. Southend Victoria is the next closest at 0.6 miles.
Distances straight-line · walk times estimated at 3 mph · Check National Rail for live times
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