View of houses on Hadleigh Road from the old town ^2
View of the Isle of Grain and boats moored up at Leigh-on-Sea from the old town

Leigh-on-Sea Old Town

Southend-on-Sea

A creekside fishing settlement of cockle sheds and old pubs, reached along the Cinder Path from Chalkwell.

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Old streetsTime here: 1.5–2.5 h

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Alley Dock, Southend-on-Sea, SS9 2EW

Quick facts

The Domesday Book of 1086 records a small community at Leigh.

Cockle sheds line the creek, where licensed boats land the catch in the summer and early autumn season.

The Peter Boat and Ye Olde Smack, two of Old Leigh's pubs, are named after local boat types.

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