Leigh Conservation Area Appraisal Survey

Leigh

Leigh Conservation Area represents the spread of the settlement of Leigh-on-Sea away from the fishing village on the shoreline, upwards to populate the cliffs. Earlier development was sparse, concentrated on the shoreline and around St. Clement’s Church, then in the late-19th and early-20th century development expanded rapidly with residential buildings and the bustling commercial centre of Broadway, reflecting the expansion of Southend-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea itself as seaside resorts. 

Leigh Conservation Area still retains this distinction of character zones, with more closely set residential development within the southern parts of the Area, larger buildings and the Church set further north and the commercial buildings on Broadway and Broadway West at the northern edge of the Conservation Area. Leigh Cliff Conservation Area lies to the east, and Leigh Old Town Conservation Area to the south.

The Conservation Area Appraisal for Leigh has been reviewed and updated.

We would welcome your comments by Friday 29th January 2021.