The Thames Estuary Path is a long-distance footpath in Essex, England. The 29-mile (47 km) path leads from

Tilbury Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a Tilbury Fort, 16th century fort ...

Leigh-on-Sea Leigh-on-Sea (), commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a List of towns in England, town and civil parish within the city of Southend-on-Sea, located in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 22,509. Geograph ...

. It is waymarked, but is not named on Ordnance Survey mapping.

The path

The Thames Estuary Path was established in 2014, it is part of the

King Charles III England Coast Path The King Charles III England Coast Path (KCIIIECP), originally and still commonly known as the England Coast Path, is a long-distance National Trail that will follow the coastline of England. When complete, it will be long. Various parts of t ...

and runs along the northern (Essex) side of the Thames estuary. It is promoted by

Essex County Council Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county; the non-metropolitan county excludes Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock which ...

and

c2c Trenitalia c2c, trading as c2c, is a British train operating company that operates commuter services from its London terminus at to parts of East London and south Essex along the London, Tilbury and Southend line, as part of the Essex Thame ...

train company. It complements the

Saffron Trail The Saffron Trail is a long-distance footpath in Essex, England. The 71-mile (114 km) path leads from the pier in Southend-on-Sea to St Mary's church in Saffron Walden. It is waymarked, and shown on Ordnance Survey mapping. The path The Sa ...

from south-east to north-west Essex. The path starts at the

Tilbury Town railway station Tilbury Town railway station is on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Tilbury, Essex. It is down the line from London Fenchurch Street via and it is situated between and . Its three-letter station cod ...

(51°27'44"N 0°21'15"E) in the Borough of

Thurrock Thurrock () is a unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Essex, England. It lies on the north bank of the River ...

in south-west Essex, and heads in an easterly direction through industrial, urban and rural Essex. It goes along sea walls, beside fresh and salt-water marshes, through fields and pasture as well as industrial, military and built-up areas; it finishes at

Leigh-on-Sea railway station Leigh-on-Sea railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. It is down the main line from Fenchurch Street railway station, London Fenchurch Street via and it is situated between to the ...

(51°32'28"N 0°38'25"E). The path is waymarked in both directions by a circular blue, yellow and green ‘walker’ graphic marker with the text "Thames Estuary Path". The path has six railway stations on the route or nearby.

Route

The Thames Estuary Path passes through the following locations:

(start),

East Tilbury East Tilbury is a village and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock borough, Essex, England, and one of the traditional List of traditional (Church of England) parish churches in Thurrock, Church of England parishes in Thurro ...

Mucking Mucking is a hamlet and former List of Church of England churches in Thurrock, Church of England parish and civil parish adjoining the Thames Estuary in the Thurrock Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, in southern Essex, Eng ...

Stanford-le-Hope Stanford-le-Hope is a town, former civil parish and Church of England parish in the unitary authority area of Thurrock, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. Often known locally simply as Stanford, the town is located 24 miles (38.4&nbs ...

, Corringham,

Fobbing Fobbing is a small village and former civil parish in Thurrock, Essex, England, and one of Thurrock's traditional (Church of England) parishes. It is between Basildon and Corringham, and is also close to Stanford-le-Hope. In 1931 the parish ...

Vange Vange is a village in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. The village was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as having a population of 27. The London Road (B1464) is the main road through Vange and used to be part of the A13 roa ...

Pitsea Pitsea is a town and former civil parish in the Borough of Basildon in south Essex, England. It comprises five sub-districts: Eversley, Northlands Park Neighbourhood (previously known as Felmores), Chalvedon, Pitsea Mount and Burnt Mills. It is ...

, Benfleet,

(finish). The highest point of the walk is 19 m (62 feet) at Fobbing; the lowest point is at sea level at several locations.

Adjoining paths

The Thames Estuary Path adjoins several long-distance paths: the

follows the same route; the

(an 81-mile (130 km) walk from Southend-on-Sea to Saffron Walden) intersects at Leigh-on-Sea. Two stations west of Tilbury Town is Purfleet station which gives access to the 150-mile (240 km)

London Outer Orbital Path The London Outer Orbital Path—more usually the "London LOOP"—is a 150-mile (242 km) signed walk along Rights of way in England and Wales, public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, Englan ...

(LOOP).

References

{{reflist Long-distance footpaths in England Footpaths in Essex