Leigh-on-Sea to Southend linear

Ramble: 3456  Meet: Leigh-on-Sea station SS9 2ET 12.21. Distance: 4 miles. Lunch: The Peterboat, 27 High Street, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 2EN  (GR TQ 838857) 12.30   Travel: (c2c) London Fenchurch Street 11.34, Limehouse (DLR) 11.38, Barking (Hammersmith & City, District & Overground 11.48.  Freedom Pass boundary: Upminster BUT just £7 for a c2c Senior Rover over 65 all day and all stops ticket.  Frequent return trains from Southend Central taking about 55 mins to Fenchurch Street.  Leader: Linda P 07879 335 445.  After an early lunch at Leigh (still a working fishing village), this seaside walk follows a beach side path taking in good views across the estuary to the Kent coast via quiet coast towns to Southend. Option to shorten the walk from various stations along the route. Also an opportunity to walk the 1.3 miles out to the end of Southend Pier (and possibly to take the pier train back).