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Refurbishment of Kent Elms Library

September 8, 2016 by Southend Borough Council

5 Things To Do This Weekend...

August 25, 2016 by Liam Jefferies

As it seems the weather on our fair isle is giving one last hurrah, we thought we’d give you a few tips on things to do with your three day weekend!

An application for planning permission for the Grand Hotel on Leigh-on-Sea’s Broadway is now online.

August 18, 2016 by Liam Jefferies

Leigh-on-Sea.com featured on BBC Radio Essex & The #HappyLeigh Movement

August 16, 2016 by Liam Jefferies

Leigh On Sea has been voted the happiest place to live in the UK

August 15, 2016 by Liam Jefferies

Welcome to the new look Leigh-on-Sea.com!

July 20, 2016 by Joanna Harrison

Leigh-on-Sea.com has had a makeover, and it’s not just the fresh new design and sleek layout that’s changed, but much more.

Get On The Trail

June 6, 2016 by Ray Morgan

I walked out of my house at the weekend, and the streets of Leigh on Sea were buzzing. People were wandering around with shop bought coffees and clutching paper maps.

The Bell Hotel Demolition

November 26, 2015 by Joanna Harrison

Latest as at 3pm on Thursday 26th November

HISTORICALEIGH - 1909 Fleet Review – A Nasty Consequence?

October 27, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

Osborne’s Seafood & Old Leigh Delicacies

August 25, 2015 by Rich - Foodie Reviewer

I’ve been reviewing restaurants for a little while now, and we’ve covered most bases I reckon. Chinese, Indian, French, Turkish and more; haven’t we travelled well!

HISTORICALEIGH - The Gallant Galician

August 24, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

The Union Castle liner Galician sailed from Cape Town on 28 July 1914 and after a few days received news of the outbreak of the war.

HISTORICALEIGH - LOSELEIGH CONNECTED TO CRIPPEN

July 13, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

Ann Partridge of Leigh married a Frenchman, Jean Pierre Ginnett in 1825 in Lambeth. The Ginnetts were one of the great circus families of the Victorian period.

HISTORICALEIGH - The Disbelieving Jury!

June 29, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

At an inquest at Leigh in 1878, a doubt was raised by the jury as to whether the deceased was really dead.

Leigh Folk Festival

June 29, 2015 by Ray Morgan

It's a sunny Monday morning but I can't help feeling that the day is a little dull. It's quiet; people are at work, or school, and there's no sense of festivity.

Leigh Folk Festival

June 21, 2015 by Ray Morgan

The idiosyncratic tales of Ray Morgan...

HISTORICALEIGH - Disease and Pestilence

July 27, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

In the 18th and 19th Century the Old Town was a tightly packed and insanitary conglomeration of buildings.

HISTORICALEIGH - Tales of North Street School

May 25, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

Leigh has had its fair share of little monsters as the registers for North Street Schools show.

HISTORICALEIGH - Beating the Customs Officer

May 25, 2015 by Carole Mulroney

Smuggling was of course a very lucrative pastime for the men of Leigh and in the centre of the old town is the Customs House built in 1815.

Leigh-on-Sea named 4th best place to live in the UK!

March 10, 2015 by Ray Morgan

We're delighted that our amazing home-town has been named the fourth best place to live in the UK in a recent list from The Times.

Night of the Lights

December 1, 2014 by Joanna Harrison

It was one of the most anticipated event’s of the year for our lovely Leigh Community and it has to be said, that Night of the Lights, really did live up to all expectations.