St Lawrence Bay is a village in Essex, UK.

It is in an area known as the Dengie Hundred, next to the River Blackwater.

St Lawrence Parish Council meets monthly in St Lawrence Church Hall In the past the village was known as St Lawrence Newland a reference to clearing the forest to make way for farming that created the village.

St Lawrence Parish Church is built on a high spot at the southern edge of the village.

Three generations of the Wedgewood Benn family including Viscount Stansgate are commemorated in this church The village is famous for sailing and watersports, which bring in many tourists during the summer.