Coastguard / sea rescue999

Emergency · United Kingdom

Demander les Coastguard · en mer : VHF canal 16

The beach can be dangerous. Wind, swell, tides and access can change quickly. Keep a way back and check official notices.

In immediate danger, contact the official emergency services. Mareloa does not replace emergency services or local signs.

Sources : HM Coastguard

Emergency

Emergency · United Kingdom

999Coastguard / sea rescue

Demander les Coastguard · en mer : VHF canal 16

The beach can be dangerous. Wind, swell, tides and access can change quickly. Keep a way back and check official notices.

In immediate danger, contact the official emergency services. Mareloa does not replace emergency services or local signs.

Sources : HM Coastguard

Leigh Bell Wharf, Kent South London and East SussexHadleigh

Coastguard / sea rescue999

Emergency · United Kingdom

Demander les Coastguard · en mer : VHF canal 16

The beach can be dangerous. Wind, swell, tides and access can change quickly. Keep a way back and check official notices.

In immediate danger, contact the official emergency services. Mareloa does not replace emergency services or local signs.

Sources : HM Coastguard

Emergency

Emergency · United Kingdom

999Coastguard / sea rescue

Demander les Coastguard · en mer : VHF canal 16

The beach can be dangerous. Wind, swell, tides and access can change quickly. Keep a way back and check official notices.

In immediate danger, contact the official emergency services. Mareloa does not replace emergency services or local signs.

Sources : HM Coastguard

Leigh Bell Wharf, Kent South London and East Sussex

Near Hadleigh · 2.1 mi

6 beaches near this one

Practical information

Tide

NowTide unavailable—

Next eventTide curve unavailable—

Tide curve unavailable

The tide remains visible, but no temperature forecast can be shown.

Horizon (relief): N 8° · NE 7° · E 4° · SE 0° · S 0° · SW 0° · W 1° · NW 5°Relief only, excludes vegetation and buildings.Source record 9/15/2026 · Open source

Sun and shore orientation

October 4, 2026 · Estimated times · local time

Sunrise

07:00 AM

Shore orientation unavailable

Sunset

06:30 PM

Shore orientation unavailable

Calculation method

Wind on the beach

Not provided

Bathing supervision

Supervision not provided

Do you know this beach?

The animation may show sand as a visual default; that does not confirm the real surface. What is the ground actually made of here?

What is the ground made of?

Practical information recorded by the source

This information is source-recorded and may not describe the current situation.

Practical facilities

Mapped within 1,000 m of the beach reference point, as the crow flies.

Mapped facilities describe the source record; availability, opening and access can change.

Toilets, showers and water

2

Toilets
49 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Wheelchair access
Yes
Fee
No
Mapped point
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Toilets · Leigh On Sea
358 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Opening hours
24/7
Mapped point
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Access and accessibility

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Not documented.

Public transport and bikes

6

Bus stop · The Ship
124 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Mapped point
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Bus stop · Leigh Church
309 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
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Bus stop · Broadway
368 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Mapped point
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Bus stop · Leigh Post Office
419 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
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Bus stop · Belton Way East
461 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Mapped point
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Bus stop · Belton Way East
469 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
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Parking

6

Car park · Victoria Wharf Car Park
86 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Fee
Yes
Access
Customers
Representative mapped point; not an entrance or route.
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Car park · Leigh Hill
117 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Fee
No
Representative mapped point; not an entrance or route.
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Car park · Leigh Foundry Car Park
211 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Representative mapped point; not an entrance or route.
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Car park
214 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Representative mapped point; not an entrance or route.
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Car park · Uttons Avenue
236 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Fee
No
Declared capacity
11
Representative mapped point; not an entrance or route.
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Car park · Hadleigh Road
269 m from the beach reference point, as the crow flies.
Fee
No
Declared capacity
9
Representative mapped point; not an entrance or route.
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Show catalogue context

Local area: Kent South London and East Sussexrecorded by the source · Source record 8/25/2026 · Open source
Catalogue record: Designated bathing waterrecorded by the source · Source record 8/25/2026 · Open source
Water body: EstuarySource record 8/25/2026 · Open source

Today’s windows

Calculated at 05:22 PM

photographyCheck first04:30 PM – 06:30 PM

photography

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04:30 PM – 06:30 PM

Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5

shore gatheringCheck first05:22 PM – 08:22 PM

shore gathering

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05:22 PM – 08:22 PM

Confidence 25 % · rules coast-v5

sunsetCheck first05:45 PM – 07:15 PM

sunset

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05:45 PM – 07:15 PM

Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5

beach runCheck first08:00 AM – 09:30 AM

beach run

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08:00 AM – 09:30 AM

Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5

coastal walkCheck first10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

coastal walk

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10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5

family beach timeCheck first02:00 PM – 05:00 PM

family beach time

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02:00 PM – 05:00 PM

Confidence 0 % · rules coast-v5

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Discovery score: distance, available annual classification and catalogue quality. It is neither real-time health advice nor a safety conclusion.

Seven-day tide

Modelled tidal range · source reference

Tide calendar

Tide and currents

Reflex

A baïne is a hollow in the sand filled with water that can create a current pulling out to sea: even a strong swimmer cannot fight it. Reflex: swim parallel to the shore to get out of it, never straight against it.

Source: SNSM (Sauveteurs en Mer)

Did you know

A sandbank can look stable and then be surrounded by the sea within minutes: between 1 May and 1 August 2025, CROSS Gris-Nez recorded 38 people cut off by the tide, notably around the Somme bay.

Source: Préfecture maritime de la Manche et de la mer du Nord

Did you know

In the Mont-Saint-Michel bay, the sea can rise by about 6 km/h: it is best never to venture in alone, and always to cross the bay with a guide.

Source: Normandie Tourisme

The place in pictures

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No freely licensed photograph of Leigh Bell Wharf has yet passed our location, licence and credit review.

Sources and method

Tide heights: Heights retain the vertical reference supplied by the source and are not an official hydrographic zero.
Sea temperature and conditions: Temperature and conditions come from a limited-resolution coastal model, not an observation at the beach. Do not use for navigation or to conclude that bathing is safe.
Beach characteristics: These place characteristics are recorded from the linked sources. They describe the place, not current conditions.

Source & freshness

Environment Agency — Bathing Water Monitoring LocationsAging

Official catalogue · Bathing water quality

Method and source ↗Licence ↗

Environment Agency — Bathing Water Monitoring Locations, Open Government LicenceAging

Official catalogue · Bathing water quality

Method and source ↗Licence ↗

Copernicus DEM GLO-30 -- (c) DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; distributed via the AWS Open Data Registry (bucket copernicus-dem-30m).Fresh

Additional source

Method and source ↗

Weather temporarily unavailable: recommendations are degraded.

Tide unavailable: the activities stay unknown.

GeoNames · CC BY 4.0

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