Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of 7.12 square miles (18.44 km2) and a population of 38,170. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks. Lying only just above sea level, it is prone to flooding at exceptional tides and has been inhabited since the Roman conquest of Britain.
Aerial view from the south east of Canvey Island
Fragments of early marked pottery uncovered from Canvey Point.
One of two octagonal Dutch cottages from the 17th century which are preserved on the island. The above cottage now functions as a museum.
A timber channel, and chalk and ragstone remains of the sea wall built c. 1622.
The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.
The half of the estuary that lies east of its narrow Tideway-named part, by the Operational Land Imager
London Stone, Yantlet Creek
Wind farms in the estuary, in this case the London Array.
The Blackwater Estuary, on the Essex coast, in the northern part of the Greater Thames Estuary. Mersea Island is on the right.
