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Canvey Island Essex Map

Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Castle Point · Region: Eastern

Explore Canvey Island, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Canvey Island map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Canvey Island, Essex

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Place	Canvey Island
Traditional County	Essex
District / Borough	Castle Point
Region	Eastern
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.522953
Longitude	0.592367
Place Type	Town

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About Canvey Island

Salt-crusted winds define the resilient spirit of Canvey Island. It lies 4.4 miles south of Rayleigh (from Rayleigh: bearing 188°T, OS grid TQ 799 836), and is situated south-south-west of Hadleigh village. The landscape reveals a low, reclaimed horizon where the Thames estuary dictates the rhythm of the tides against the sea walls. Once a pastoral expanse of marshland, the terrain transformed through twentieth-century development, shifting from agricultural roots to a distinct industrial and residential identity. Today, the local economy draws strength from its coastal geography, balancing the legacy of its flood-prone past with the practical demands of modern commerce. Canvey Island holds a unique cultural resonance, perhaps most famously as the birthplace of the influential pub rock band Dr. Feelgood. Visitors often trace the quiet waters of Canvey Lake, which mirrors the vast, shifting skies that seem to press down upon the flat plains. The relics of the past endure in the form of the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gunsite, a silent witness to the defensive strategies once required along this vulnerable shoreline. Music and maritime history converge here, creating a character forged in equal measure by the bracing North Sea air and the steady, unpretentious lives of those who call these reclaimed banks home.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Canvey Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.2 mi, 339° NNW
Hilton Dyke (River) — 0.4 mi, 340° NNW
Tewkes Creek (River) — 0.4 mi, 019° NNE
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gunsite, 170M South West Of The Junction Of Cedar Road And West Crescent (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 273° W
Movie Starr (Cinema) — 0.7 mi, 164° SSE
The Bay Museum (Museum) — 0.7 mi, 196° SSW
Kismet Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 129° SE
Hadleigh Ray (Beach) — 1.0 mi, 005° N
Castle Point Transport Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 112° ESE
Deadman's Point (Wetland) — 1.1 mi, 203° SSW
Cropenburg Canal (East) (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 104° ESE
Roman Saltern 260M South East Of Great Russell Head Farm, Canvey Island (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 287° WNW · 2 ha
Canvey Heights Country Park (Park) — 1.3 mi, 089° E
Canvey Island Heritage Centre Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 263° W
Hadleigh Marsh (Wetland) — 1.4 mi, 043° NE
Dutch Cottage Museum (Museum) — 1.5 mi, 275° W
Hadleigh Castle: An Enclosure Castle And An Associated Dam And Mill (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 029° NNE · 2 ha
Sandpit Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 007° N
Round Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 353° N
Maze (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 021° NNE
Hadleigh Castle Rare Breeds Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.7 mi, 020° NNE
Camera Obscura (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 006° N
Battle of Benfleet (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 319° NW
Canvey Wick Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 268° W · 93 ha
Chapman Sands (Beach) — 2.3 mi, 097° E
Leigh (National Nature Reserve) — 2.4 mi, 074° ENE · 258 ha
Thundersley Glen (Valley) — 2.5 mi, 348° NNW
East Haven (Viewpoint) — 2.7 mi, 306° NW
Leigh Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 065° ENE
Great Wood & Dodd'S Grove Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.9 mi, 030° NNE · 37 ha

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