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Leigh-on-Sea is served by Leigh-on-Sea railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend line. [20] Regular, daily bus services run between Southend-on-Sea, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Basildon, Rayleigh and Chelmsford. [21] Scheduled flights to national and European destinations operate out of nearby London Southend Airport. [22]
Clickable map of Europe, showing the standard convention for its continental boundary with Asia. (see boundary between Asia and Europe for more information). Legend: blue = Contiguous transcontinental states; green = Sometimes considered European but geographically outside Europe's boundaries.
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).
[8] [9] A narrow majority of the Site is the Southend on Sea Foreshore Local Nature Reserve. [ n 2 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The marshes and mudflats have internationally important numbers of wildfowl and wading birds, including the dark-bellied brent goose , grey plover , redshank and red knot .
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.
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.
Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom.Extending 1.33 miles (2.14 km) into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. [2]
Southend-on-Sea: 1989 The conservation area covers a terrace of 19th century fishermans' cottages, several of which are Grade II listed. [11] [12] Leigh Cliff Leigh-on-Sea: 1981 The conservation area marks the growth of the town from a fishing village. It covers an area east of the old village and includes the locally listed building, The Grand ...