After all the publicity about a lion on the loose in Essex, we now know it was probably only a large ginger cat.
But there was a Lion in Rayleigh High Street until 1930 – and it was one of Rayleigh’s premier coaching inns. Find out more at Rayleigh Through The Looking Glass , where they mention some of the other lost pubs of Rayleigh, such as The Bull , The Chequers, and Elephant and Castle (after which Castle Road was named).
