Lee-over-Sands

Lee-over-Sands is a small coastal hamlet in the civil parish of St Osyth, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It is located close to the mouth of the River Colne into the North Sea.

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Essex, England
Also known as: “Lee over Sands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jaywick Martello Tower and Howlands Marsh.

Jaywick Martello Tower

Arts center

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Jaywick Martello Tower is a renovated Martello tower at Jaywick, 2.7 miles south-west of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It now functions as an arts, heritage and community venue. It is a Grade II listed building and a scheduled monument. Jaywick Martello Tower is situated 2 miles east of Lee-over-Sands.

Howlands Marsh

Nature reserve

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Howlands Marsh is a 29.9-hectare nature reserve north-east of St Osyth in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Colne Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest Special Protection Area and Ramsar site, and the Blackwater Flats and Marshes Nature Conservation Review site. Howlands Marsh is situated 2½ miles north of Lee-over-Sands.

St Osyth’s Priory

Building

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

St Osyth's Abbey is a historic monastic site and former country house in St Osyth, Essex, England. Originating as an Augustinian abbey and one of the county’s most prominent medieval religious houses, it was dissolved in 1539 and subsequently developed into a major landed estate. St Osyth’s Priory is situated 2 miles northeast of Lee-over-Sands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Clear and Jaywick.

Point Clear

Village

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Point Clear is a village in the civil parish of St Osyth, south-west of the village of St Osyth and on the other side of St Osyth Creek, a branch of the Colne Estuary in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England.

Jaywick

Suburb

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jaywick is a coastal village in the Tendring district of Essex, England, 2 miles west of Clacton-on-Sea. It lies on the North Sea coast of England, 60 miles from London and 17 miles from Colchester. Jaywick is situated 3 miles east of Lee-over-Sands.