Benfleet Circular via Canvey Island walk
Varied walk around a unique island in the Thames Estuary: mudflats, creeks, river traffic, sandy beaches, seawall murals, grassy marshland, oil terminals & refineries
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Concord Beach Paddling Pool on hot summer's day
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Channel in Creek at Low Tide, Canvey Island
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Southend-on-Sea from Canvey Point (II)
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Dr. Feelgood mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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The Labworth Restaurant and Beach Bistro (viewed from the east), Canvey Island
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Coryton Refinery/Oil Terminal/Deepwater Seaport from East Haven Creek, Canvey Island
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Benfleet Creek, outside Benfleet Station
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Flood Barrier, Benfleet Creek, Canvey Island
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dyke and concrete flood wall, Benfleet Creek, Canvey Island
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Benfleet Yacht Club and South Benfleet
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Hadleigh Castle across Benfleet Creek, from Canvey Island
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Creekscape, Canvey Island
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Ready, Steady, Go!...a creek on Canvey Island
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Marsh, Creek & Southend-on-Sea, from Canvey Island
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Smallgains Marina and Southend-on-Sea, from Canvey Island
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Smallgains Boatyard, Canvey Island
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Flood Gate at Smallgains Boatyard, Canvey Island
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The Little Green Tearoom @ Smallgains Boatyard, Canvey Island
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The Old Git Lives Here, Smallgains Boatyard, Canvey Island
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Do take it seriously! Warning Sign at beginning of optional extension, towards Canvey Point
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Path towards Canvey Point
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Isle of Grain from Leigh Beck marsh
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Smallgains Marina and Benfleet Downs from Canvey Point
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Southend-on-Sea from Canvey Point
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Southend Pier from Canvey Point
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Ships on the Thames & Isle of Grain, from Leigh Beck Marsh
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Ship in Thames Estuary, from Canvey Point
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Fishing For Fresh Fish (cod & whiting apparently), SE corner of Canvey Island
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B17-G Aircraft Collision Mural, southeast corner of Canvey Island
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Chapman Lighthouse and MS Waverley murals, riverfront, Canvey Island
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sheltered benches, riverfront, Canvey Island
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Benches on Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Royal Marines Dec 42 mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Dr. Feelgood bench and mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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First (easterly) Paddling Pool, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Octopus Mural (I), Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Octopus Mural (II), Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Beaches, Groynes, Paddling Pool, Cafe: Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Second (westerly) Paddling Pool, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Birds and Shells mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Hamburg-Süd mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Concord Beach Mural, Canvey Island
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Concord Beach mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Easterly part of giant 1953 flood mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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Westerly part of giant 1953 flood mural, Concord Beach, Canvey Island
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The Monico (Pub, Club, Casino...), Eastern Esplanade, Canvey Island
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The Labworth Restaurant and Beach Bistro (viewed from the west), Canvey Island
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The Bay Museum, Thorney Bay, Canvey Island
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Thorney Bay, Canvey Island
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Mural on Thorney Bay, Canvey Island
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Calor Gas's LNG Terminal, Canvey Island
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Jetty of Calor Gas's LNG Terminal, Canvey Island
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Oikos Oil Product Terminal, Canvey Island
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Jetty of Oikos Oil Product Terminal, Canvey Island
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listed Coastguard Cottages, Canvey Island
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Lobster Smack Inn, Canvey Island
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Entrance to the Drifter's Bar, Lobster Smack Inn, Canvey Island
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Lookout Station, Shell Haven Creek, Canvey Island
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Cloudcape over mile-long jetty, Canvey Island
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mile-long jetty and boats, Holehaven, Canvey Island
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Coryton Oil Refinery, from Canvey Island
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the mile-long jetty...Canvey Island
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Ruined Jetty of never finished Occidental Refinery, Canvey Island
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Coryton Oil Refinery and DP World's London Gateway Port, Shell Haven, from Canvey Island
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Cows on dyke, and East Haven Creek Flood Barrier
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Dutch Cottage, Canvey Island
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Benfleet Creek, Upper Reach
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Teasels, Canvey Island
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Benfleet, from dyke by Benfleet Creek, Canvey Island
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Pots and Pans and Kettles, Benfleet Creek, Canvey Island
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