{"id":67537,"date":"2026-07-09T11:43:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=67537"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:47:11","slug":"leigh-on-sea-in-photos-the-annual-folk-festival-and-views-around-the-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/leigh-on-sea-in-photos-the-annual-folk-festival-and-views-around-the-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh-on-Sea in photos: the annual folk festival and views around the town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-01.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We recently paid another visit to Leigh-on-Sea and after photographing people<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-the-shadow-of-the-oil-refineries-swimmers-and-stranded-boats-in-a-sea-of-mud-leigh-on-sea\/\"> playing in a vast sea of mud<\/a>, we climbed a mountain of stairs to take a walk around the town centre.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-02.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Full house at the bar by the seafront.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-03.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ring for ice creams.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-04.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back towards the railway station in the Old Town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-05.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-06.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fish&#8217;n&#8217;chips and a fag. Sorted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-07.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Old Town pub gets its name from the slang term &#8216;snack&#8217; for an old fishing boat that apparently, &#8220;sneaks through the water like a snake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-08.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the left can be seen old the Leigh-on-Sea railway station building which opened on July 1, 1855, and is now used by sailing club.<\/p>\n<p>The original station closed in 1934 and was replaced by a modern station some 880 yards to the west.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-09.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Fishermen&#8217;s Chapel, a music, arts and community-based venue in Old Leigh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-10.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tilbury Docks in the distance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-11.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To get to the town centre from the Old Town you have a to climb a lot of stairs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-12.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mud, sea and industry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-13.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Leigh on Sea folk festival took place in multiple venues across the town, with the focus being Leigh Library Gardens, where there were multiple stages, a bar and stalls.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-14.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-15.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-16.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-28.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-17.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-18.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-19.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be a British festival without a bit of rain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-20.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-21.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-22.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking out across the Thames estuary.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-23.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-24.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-25.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-26.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-27.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-29.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-30.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/pics\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-31.jpg\" alt=\"Leigh On Sea in photos: the folk festival and views around the town\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, you can see the towers of Canary Wharf and the Shard from Leigh on Sea, some 34 miles distant.<\/p>\n<h4>Leigh on Sea photo features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-the-shadow-of-the-oil-refineries-swimmers-and-stranded-boats-in-a-sea-of-mud-leigh-on-sea\/\">In the shadow of the oil refineries: swimmers and stranded boats in a sea of mud, Leigh on Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/photo-gallery-a-walk-from-leigh-on-sea-to-southend-and-along-the-worlds-longest-pleasure-pier\/\">Photo Gallery: a walk from Leigh-on-Sea to Southend and along the world\u2019s longest pleasure pier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/leigh-on-sea-folk-festival-2018-sun-music-mud-beer-and-flying-knickers-photos\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival 2018: Sun, music, mud, beer and flying knickers \u2013 photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/photos-from-the-leigh-on-sea-folk-festival-bands-beer-banjos-morris-dancers-and-crowd-scenes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Photos from the Leigh-on-Sea folk festival 2017: bands, beer, banjos, Morris dancers and crowd scenes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/leigh-on-sea-free-folk-festival-is-a-cracker.353020\/\">Leigh-on-Sea chat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Tech note: Almost all photos were taken on an OM System OM3 with OM System 14mm-150mm f4-5.6 II lens. Additional pics taken on Pixel Pro XL 9<\/em>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently paid another visit to Leigh-on-Sea and after photographing people playing in a vast sea of mud, we climbed a mountain of stairs to take a walk around the &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1765,43,456,17],"tags":[5,372,1198,1694,18,1195,533,809],"class_list":["post-67537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-music","category-news","category-photos","tag-bands","tag-essex","tag-festivals","tag-leigh-on-sea","tag-photography","tag-photos","tag-river-thames","tag-street-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/leigh-on-sea-june2026-01.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-hzj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67537"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67568,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67537\/revisions\/67568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}