Sadlers Farm A13 Defensive Roadblock
At the junction of the Sadlers Farm roundabout and Tarpots on the A13 road lies a suspected wartime remnant passed by hundreds of people everyday …
Castle Point Council Nuclear Bunker
We have been fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to document a nuclear bunker built in the basement of Castle Point Borough Council’s offices. …
Salvation Army Colony & Brickworks
In 1891, the Salvation Army established a Home Farm Colony in Hadleigh where the Hadleigh Downs Country Park lies today. The Salvation Army Jetty was …
The Prittle Brook
Map showing rough path of the discernible Prittle Brook & sections explored The Prittle Brook is a tributary of the River Roach spanning down through …
Benfleet Sewage Works Ruin
These peculiar concrete remains are located in the wooden area west of the current sewage works, just north of the waterline. We came across the …
Thundersley Glen
Thundersley Glen is great example of how even the most seemingly natural spaces have a history all of their own; and how this changed the …
The Benfleet Devil Steps
The steps in Summer 1961 by Harry Emery, and Winter 2010 by Eileen Gamble: Steeped in ghastly rumour, these concrete steps could have been built …
Benfleet Explosives Magazines
Seven Victorian tunnel-like magazines were built on the Benfleet waterfront near Jotmans in the late part of the 19th Century. They would have been used …
The Moorings House
Photographs above are from HadleighHistory.org.uk in an article written by local author and Historian Robert Hallman The oldest house in Benfleet as it has been …
Hadleigh HAA Battery
TN9 Hadleigh at Sandpit Hill was one of several heavy anti-aircraft batteries in the area – such as TN7 Furtherwick and TN8 Northwick on Canvey, and also …
Hadleigh Iron Age Roundhouse
What is Hadleigh Iron Age Roundhouse? Hadleigh Country Park is open to a whole host of historic sights – from the widely-popular Hadleigh Castle to …
Benfleet Pillbox
Benfleet’s pillbox stands overlooking East Haven Creek – the channel of water separating Canvey Island from the mainland. Built at around 1939/1940, the Second World War …
St Mary’s Church, Benfleet
St. Mary’s is located at the top of the hill in Benfleet highstreet. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, a small church was …
Canvey-Benfleet Crossing & Benfleet Station
Prior to the construction of the Colvin opening bridge in 1931, a ferry and stepping stones at low tide were used to get from Benfleet …
Hadleigh Castle
Hadleigh Castle is a local gem. In 1215 King John gave this area of land, known as the manor of Hadleigh, along with many other …