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Leigh is a National Nature Reserve in Essex, covering 2.6 km². It is one of seven National Nature Reserves in the county. Leigh-on-Sea Station is under a kilometre away. For more of the same, Canvey Heights Country Park and Hadleigh Castle Country Park are close by.

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Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.7 km NW · spans 24 counties

Photo of Canvey Heights Country Park, a country park near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, eastern England.

Canvey Heights Country Park

Country park near Leigh-on-Sea

A country park in Essex.

1.1 km W

Photo of Hadleigh Castle Country Park, a country park near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, eastern England.

Hadleigh Castle Country Park

Country park near Leigh-on-Sea

A country park in Essex.

2.1 km NW

Photo of Southend Pier, a landmark near Southend-on-Sea, Essex, eastern England.

Southend Pier

Landmark near Southend-on-Sea

The longest pleasure pier in the world, stretching 1.3 miles into the Thames Estuary with its own little railway to the end.

4.9 km E

Photo of Rayleigh Windmill, a windmill in Essex, eastern England.

Rayleigh Windmill

Windmill near Rayleigh

A restored tower mill on Bellingham Lane housing a local museum, free to enter through the summer months.

7 km NW

Photo along the Saxon Shore Way, a 160-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Hastings, south east England.

Saxon Shore Way

Long-distance path

Around Kent's Roman-era coastline from Gravesend to Hastings — a shore the sea has since abandoned for miles at a stretch.

9.6 km SW · Kent & East Sussex