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Leigh-on-Sea (/ ˌ l iː-/), commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a town and civil parish in the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 22,509.
It goes along sea walls, beside fresh and salt-water marshes, through fields and pasture as well as industrial, military and built-up areas; it finishes at Leigh-on-Sea railway station (51°32'28"N 0°38'25"E).
The SS postcode area, also known as the Southend-on-Sea postcode area, [2] is a group of seventeen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns.These cover south-east Essex, including Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Hockley, Leigh-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Rochford, Stanford-le-Hope, Westcliff-on-Sea and Wickford.
The Prittle Brook is a 7.2 mile (11.59 km) watercourse in south Essex, England.A tributary of the River Roach, the brook rises in Thundersley and passes through Hadleigh, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff, Prittlewell, Rochford and discharges into the Roach and then into the North Sea via the Roach and Crouch estuaries.
Two Tree Island is a small island lying north-east of Canvey Island and south-west of Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England. It covers 257 hectares (640 acres) [1] and is connected to the mainland at Leigh by a single span bridge. The island was reclaimed from the Thames Estuary in the 18th century and used as pasture until 1910 when a sewage works ...
The original station building, now used by Leigh Sailing Club Leigh-on-Sea railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line , serving the town of Leigh-on-Sea , Essex. It is 32 miles 43 chains (52.4 km) down the main line from London Fenchurch Street via Basildon and it is situated between Benfleet to the west and Chalkwell to the east.
Southend is governed by Southend-on-Sea City Council, which is a unitary authority, performing the functions of both a county and district council. There is one civil parish within the city at Leigh-on-Sea, which has a Town Council that was established in 1996. [193] The rest of the city is an unparished area.
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