Plan your visit
Facilities
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Car park
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Pushchair friendly
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Viewing point
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Nature trails
Accessibility
How to get here
The nearest railway station is Benfleet and is around 1.9 km (1.2 miles) from West Canvey Marsh. For more information about train times please visit the C2C website before you travel. From the station visitors can reach the reserve by taxi, bus or bike.
The no.21 bus runs from Benfleet train station towards the reserve every 30 minutes. The closest bus stop is Canvey Village, stop ID and this journey takes approximately 6 minutes. From this stop you will need to walk back in the direction of the roundabout and the entrance to the reserve is located off this roundabout. Please note that there is no designated crossing point on this road so please take care of traffic. To travel to the reserve by bus from Southend you can take the no.26 bus, from Basildon the no. 15 bus.
Take the A130 south onto Canvey Island from the A13. At the Waterside farm roundabout, take the third exit to stay on the A130- Canvey Road. Take the third exit at the next roundabout (at the junction of Canvey Road and Roscommon Way) into the reserve car park.
Sat nav POI file: If you have a satellite navigation system that can accept POI files, please see our POI page for a download link and instructions.
Downloads
Helping you find your way around. PDF, 315Kb
West Canvey Marshes trail guideContact West Canvey Marsh
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