Stanford-le-hope
Stanford-le-Hope is a town as well as Church of England parish situated in the county of Essex, England. Usually understood locally just as Stanford, the town is within the unitary authority of Thurrock as well as situated 23.8 miles (38.4 km) eastern of Charing Cross in London. Its major claim to fame is that Joseph Conrad lived and wrote there. Unlike some other locations of Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope is bordered by countryside and farmland. Stanford-le-Hope is surrounded to the north by the A13 road and also to the south by the Thames Estuary. It is located 12.7 miles (20.5 km) west of Southend-on-Sea. The town centre has a town pity its 800-year-old church, St Margarets making a famous and attractive landmark around which stores, pubs and restaurants have expanded to create a dynamic core to the community. As Stanford-le-Hope expands in size, it has begun to integrate neighbouring settlements such as Corringham, Mucking and also Fobbing, the latter of which was the scene of among the uprisings which led to the Peasants' Revolt. The River Hope, a tributary of the Thames, runs through the community. Locally there are a variety of parks and also nature books, notably Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve, with a site visitor centre providing sights up and down the Thames across both commercial and also natural landscapes consisting of the Mucking Flats SSSI.