Canvey Lake

Canvey Lake is an 8.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Canvey Island in Essex. It is owned by Castle Point Borough Council and managed by the council together with Canvey Island Town Council.

Photo: Ron Galliers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Lake
Description: park in United Kingdom
Also known as: “The Lake”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadleigh Castle and Benfleet railway station.

Hadleigh Castle

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Hadleigh Castle is a ruined fortification in the English county of Essex, overlooking the Thames Estuary from south of the town of Hadleigh. Built after 1215 during the reign of Henry III by Hubert de Burgh, the castle was surrounded by parkland and had an important economic and defensive role.

Benfleet railway station

Railway station

Photo: Oneblackline, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Benfleet is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the towns of South Benfleet and Canvey Island, Essex. It is 29 miles 11 chains down the main line from London Fenchurch Street via Basildon and it is situated between Pitsea to the west and Leigh-on-Sea to the east.

Canvey Island Transport Museum

Museum

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh-on-Sea and South Benfleet.

Leigh-on-Sea

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leigh-on-Sea is a beautiful old fishing port on the London side of Southend-on-Sea on the south coast of Essex. Visitor venues in Leigh can be divided into three zones.

South Benfleet

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh.

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.

Canvey Lake

Categories: park and body of water
Location: Canvey Island, Castle Point District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.526° or 51° 31′ 34″ north

Longitude

0.5853° or 0° 35′ 7″ east

Open location code

9F32GHGP+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 149494679

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

Wikidata ID

Q28446523

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Highlights include Canvey Dyke and Canvey Methodist Church.

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