Southend United face a middling travel workload in the League Two, covering 3,358 miles across 22 away days — 531 miles above the average. The longest journey is the 275-mile trip to Carlisle United, while the shortest is just 27 miles to Colchester United. 13 of their away days exceed 150 miles as the crow flies. With return legs that's roughly 6,716 miles of round trips — about 134 hours on the coach, or 57.4 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 League Two away ground is Colchester United at 27 miles, and their furthest is Carlisle United at 275 miles. In total Southend United travel 3,358 miles on away days — 4th most in the League Two.
All distances straight-line (crow-flies) · See full League Two travel table →
Travel Insights
Trips Ranked by Distance
How Far In Each Direction?
All away days 2021/22 (22)
| # | Away at | Miles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colchester United | 27 |
| 2 | Sutton United | 41 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 46 |
| 4 | Crawley Town | 49 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 85 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 106 |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 126 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 136 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 141 |
| 10 | Scunthorpe United | 152 |
| 11 | Newport County | 158 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 160 |
| 13 | Oldham Athletic | 183 |
| 14 | Salford City | 185 |
| 15 | Wrexham | 187 |
| 16 | Exeter City | 192 |
| 17 | Harrogate Town | 193 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 202 |
| 19 | Hartlepool United | 231 |
| 20 | Barrow | 241 |
| 21 | Barrow | 241 |
| 22 | 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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