Tag: Canvey Island

6 April 20166 April 2021 By Liam Heatherson

Remains of Canvey’s Urban History

This page is where we put all our photographs of interesting and historic houses and buildings on Canvey Island that are not known about in enough detail for an article just to themselves. We also look at other features of the island’s urban geography, such as roadways and drains. The images below are presented in…

1 December 20131 April 2021 By Liam Heatherson

Remembering the 1953 Floods on Canvey

Thursday 31st January 2013 marked 60 long years since Canvey Island was hit by an abnormal storm causing mass flooding and damage to many many people’s property and lives. The horrific event terrorised Canvey however the whole of the Essex coast was affected as well as other places. On the night of 31st January 1953…