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Lion Creek Nature Reserve – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Paglesham

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Lion Creek Nature Reserve – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Paglesham

Moderate

Lion Creek Nature Reserve – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Paglesham

04:05

16.1km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

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Parking

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1.11 km

HMS Beagle Wreck Site

Highlight • Viewpoint

This small, ruined dock amid abandoned osyster beds is the last post of the H.M.S. Beagle; Charles Darwin's expedition ship that took him around the world. The vessel spent its final years moored here, acting as a deterrent for smugglers.

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1.32 km

Paglesham Pool

Highlight • River

1.46 km

Shipwreck at Paglesham Pool

Highlight • Historical Site

The salt marsh at Paglesham Pool preserves traces of past oyster cultivation, evident in rows and rectangular pool-shaped depressions.

Further downstream, attention is drawn to a substantial box-shaped structure - …

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7.06 km

Old Café

Highlight • Cafe

7.35 km

Lion Creek Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

Once a part of the Crouch Estuary, Lion Creek was cut off and turned into a nature reserve with the building of the sea wall.

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13.5 km

View of the Lake Near Maldon

Highlight • Lake

16.0 km

The Plough & Sail, Paglesham

Highlight • Pub

Just a few hundred yards away from the River Rouch you’ll find the Plough and Sail owned by the Oliver Family. Still run as a traditional pub with real log …

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16.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.00 km

5.26 km

3.29 km

507 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

2.30 km

1.34 km

1.00 km

507 m

Elevation

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Lion Creek Nature Reserve – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Paglesham

HMS Beagle Wreck Site

Paglesham Pool

Shipwreck at Paglesham Pool

Old Café

Lion Creek Nature Reserve

View of the Lake Near Maldon

The Plough & Sail, Paglesham

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