The Crowstone
The Crowstone is an obelisk in Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, England. The Crowstone is situated nearby to the railway station Chalkwell Station, as well as near Chalkwell railway station.Photo: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Obelisk
- Description: boundary stone and memorial near Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Crow Stone”, “Crowstone”, and “The Crow Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chalkwell railway station and Westcliff railway station.
Chalkwell railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chalkwell railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the locality of Chalkwell in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is 33 miles 69 chains down the main line from London Fenchurch Street via Basildon and it is situated between Leigh-on-Sea to the west and Westcliff to the east. Chalkwell railway station is situated 2,000 feet northwest of The Crowstone.
Westcliff railway station
Railway station
Photo: Paul Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westcliff railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the locality of Westcliff-on-Sea in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is 34 miles 66 chains down the main line from London Fenchurch Street via Basildon and it is situated between Chalkwell to the west and Southend Central to the east. Westcliff railway station is situated 3,200 feet east of The Crowstone.
St Saviour’s, Westcliff
Church
Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Saviour’s, Westcliff is a church, which is situated 2,600 feet northeast of The Crowstone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westcliff-on-Sea and Eastwood.
Westcliff-on-Sea
Suburb
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southend-on-Sea is a seaside resort about 40 miles east of London at the mouth of the River Thames Estuary. It's famous for its Victorian pleasure pier, the longest in the world!
Eastwood
Suburb
Photo: william, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastwood is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It was formerly a civil parish, the main part of which was absorbed into the municipal borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1933. Eastwood is situated 2 miles north of The Crowstone.
Hadleigh
Town
Photo: Edward Clack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hadleigh is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of Essex, England. It lies on the A13 road between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea. The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north. Hadleigh is situated 3 miles northwest of The Crowstone.
The Crowstone
- Categories: boundary marker, London Stone, historic site, and monument
- Location: Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.53587° or 51° 32′ 9″ northLongitude
0.67755° or 0° 40′ 39″ eastOpen location code
9F32GMPH+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 1051749461OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=obeliskWikidata ID
Q107080231
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