The Downs

'One of the Finest Walks in Essex'
by F. G Whitnall
1936 Footpaths Pictures and Routes
Some of these tracks are now the Thames Estuary Path
Benfleet Downs
Public Open Space
Benfleet Downs - Opening Ceremony 1934
The Opening Ceremony Souvenir Booklet
Councillor Walter Johnson JP
The creation of Benfleet's first Fire Brigade, and the opening of The Downs.
Motorbike Scrambling on the Downs
Oral History of Richard Yetton Recorded January 2011
Pictures of The Benfleet Downs
A Beautiful Public Space
Poynetts Farm
New House rises from the ashes
Ray View
Picture of Maternity Home
Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.
A picture of Ray View from across the Benfleet Creek.
Ray View, The Downs, Benfleet
The Maternity Home on the Downs
Sid Cripps
A Local Wildfowler
Vange Marsh RSPB Site
A Nature Reserve Next to Benfleet