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The Downs

  • 'One of the Finest Walks in Essex'

    'One of the Finest Walks in Essex'

    by F. G Whitnall
  • 1936 Footpaths Pictures and Routes

    1936 Footpaths Pictures and Routes

    Some of these tracks are now the Thames Estuary Path
  • Benfleet Downs

    Benfleet Downs

    Public Open Space
  • Benfleet Downs - Opening Ceremony 1934

    Benfleet Downs - Opening Ceremony 1934

    The Opening Ceremony Souvenir Booklet
  • Councillor Walter Johnson JP

    Councillor Walter Johnson JP

    The creation of Benfleet's first Fire Brigade, and the opening of The Downs.
  • Motorbike Scrambling on the Downs

    Motorbike Scrambling on the Downs

    Oral History of Richard Yetton Recorded January 2011
  • Pictures of The Benfleet Downs

    Pictures of The Benfleet Downs

    A Beautiful Public Space
  • Poynetts Farm

    Poynetts Farm

    New House rises from the ashes
  • Ray View

    Ray View

    Picture of Maternity Home
  • Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.

    Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.

    A picture of Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.
  • Ray View, The Downs, Benfleet

    Ray View, The Downs, Benfleet

    The Maternity Home on the Downs
  • Sid Cripps

    Sid Cripps

    A Local Wildfowler
  • Vange Marsh RSPB Site

    Vange Marsh RSPB Site

    A Nature Reserve Next to Benfleet
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  • 1949 - A very fine year
  • Aerofilms Photographs Between 1960 and 1981
  • Benfleet Landmarks
  • Building the bridge
  • Fire Engine Crash
  • The Downs
  • Conservation Area
  • Bread and Cheese Hill
  • Tarpots Area
  • North Benfleet
  • The Creek and Crossing
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