Prittle Brook

The Prittle Brook at Leigh on Sea showing the concrete walling
Prittle Brook has a footpath alongside for some of its length.
Prittle Brook
Map
EtymologyFrom the parish of Prittlewell
Location
CountyEssex
DistrictCastle Point, Southend-on-Sea, Rochford
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationThundersley Essex
 • coordinates51°33'38"N 0°35'40"E
MouthRiver Roach, Rochford
 • coordinates
51°34'27"N 0°42'59"E
Length11.6 km

The Prittle Brook is a 7.2 mile (11.59 km) watercourse in south Essex, England. A tributary of the River Roach, the brook rises in Thundersley and passes through Hadleigh, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff, Prittlewell, Rochford and discharges into the Roach and then into the North Sea via the Roach and Crouch estuaries.