Walks from Tilbury Town

Flat Thames Estuary coast path, riverside sea wall, wild flower meadows, salt marsh views, former landfill landscape and brief inland section.

Warnings: Check tide timings.

Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).

Reverse direction: Railwalks.

The path along the estuary was gorgeous, beautiful views. A largely estuary-side route on a temporary alignment, with a lower-traffic exit from Tilbury Station using a new footbridge, a road section with HGV traffic near Tilbury Fort, a gorgeous path along the estuary with shorebirds and wildflowers and old wharves. A field path replaces part of the original near Stanford-le-Hope. Passes Coalhouse Fort (with a café and park) and Tilbury Fort (with grazing ponies and a star-shaped moat); inside the forts you must pay. Salt-marsh wildflowers and shorebirds along the estuary. The route is part of the Thames Estuary Path; East Tilbury has a station, pubs and shops for breaking the walk.

Time: 4h30–8h30

Lunch: There is a café at Coalhouse Fort park, roughly mid-route.

1 end-of-walk reward: the World's End

Warnings: A road section near Tilbury Fort carries HGV traffic. The first part out of East Tilbury along the road is a drag and may be quieter outside school pickup time.

Walk details: Slow Ways.