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HMS Beagle Wreck Site – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Canewdon

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HMS Beagle Wreck Site – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Canewdon

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HMS Beagle Wreck Site – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Canewdon

02:56

11.7km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 12, 2026

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5.63 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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5.77 km

Paglesham Pool

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5.99 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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7.05 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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9.42 km

St Peter's Church, Paglesham

Highlight • Religious Site

Gorgeous 15th C Church, restored in 1883 by local man Zachary Pettitt who married the daughter of a local oyster merchant. Touching stained glass window dedicated to his lost children. …

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11.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.40 km

2.91 km

1.35 km

Surfaces

7.55 km

1.75 km

1.53 km

583 m

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Wednesday 6 May

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15 %

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HMS Beagle Wreck Site – The Plough & Sail, Paglesham loop from Canewdon

Shipwreck at Paglesham Pool

Paglesham Pool

HMS Beagle Wreck Site

The Plough & Sail, Paglesham

St Peter's Church, Paglesham

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