Leigh Bell Wharf is an official estuary bathing water in Essex with a sandy shore. Its water quality was classed Good at the Environment Agency's last classification. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. The county has 19 designated bathing waters; this is one.
For more of the same, Southend Chalkwell and Southend Westcliff Bay are close by. The nearest railway station, Leigh-on-Sea, is under a kilometre away.
