Thames Estuary, Southend

Name: Thames Estuary
Address: Southend, United Kingdom

#27 among attractions in Southend

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The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°30'0"N, 0°34'60"E

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Southend United Kingdom

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Thames Estuary – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hadleigh Castle, Cooling Castle, St James the Less, Leigh-on-Sea.

3.2 miN
Historical place, Forts and castles, View point
Hadleigh Castle, Southend
83 min walk • Hadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from south of the town of Hadleigh.
4.1 miSW
Entertainment, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Cooling Castle, Gillingham
104 min walk • Cooling Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle in the village of Cooling, Kent on the Hoo Peninsula about 6 miles north of Rochester.
3.8 miN
Church
St James the Less, Rayleigh
98 min walk • The Church of St James the Less, is a grade I listed church in Hadleigh, Essex. The church is of predominantly Norman construction with the chancel and nave dating to the 12th century.
4.3 miNE
Area
Leigh-on-Sea, Southend
111 min walk • Leigh-on-Sea, commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a town and civil parish in Essex, England. A district of the city of Southend-on-Sea, with its own town council, it is currently the only civil parish within the city. In 2011, it had a population of 22,509.
3.9 miSW
Church
St James' Church
101 min walk • St James' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Cooling, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
3.3 miNE
51°32'23"N • 0°37'39"E
Leigh Golf Range, Southend
85 min walk • Golf
4.7 miN
Forts and castles
Daws Heath, Rayleigh
119 min walk • Daws Heath contains a large area of woodland in eastern Thundersley, part of Castle Point near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. It is traversed by the Daws Heath Road and St Michael's Road.
3.8 miNE
Park
Belton Hills, Southend
97 min walk • Belton Hills is a 22 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. It is owned and managed by Southend-on-Sea City Council. This steeply sloping site has large areas of scrub, and there are some rare plant and invertebrates species.
4 miNE
51°32'25"N • 0°38'59"E
The Lynn Tait Gallery, Southend
102 min walk • Museum, Art gallery
1.8 miN
Park
Canvey Lake, Canvey Island
47 min walk • Canvey Lake is an 8.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Canvey Island in Essex. It is owned by Castle Point Borough Council and managed by the council together with Canvey Island Town Council.
3.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Slough Fort, Allhallows
80 min walk • Slough Fort is a small artillery fort that was built at Allhallows-on-Sea in the north of the Hoo Peninsula in Kent. Constructed in 1867, the D-shaped fort was intended to guard a vulnerable stretch of the River Thames against possible enemy landings during a period of tension with France.