Stanford-le-hope
Stanford-le-Hope is a town as well as Church of England parish located in the region of Essex, England. Typically understood locally simply as Stanford, the town is within the unitary authority of Thurrock and located 23.8 miles (38.4 kilometres) eastern of Charing Cross in London. Its major specialty is that Joseph Conrad lived as well as composed there. Unlike some other locations of Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope is bordered by countryside and farmland. Stanford-le-Hope is bordered to the north by the A13 road and also to the south by the Thames Estuary. It is located 12.7 miles (20.5 kilometres) west of Southend-on-Sea. The community centre has a village feel with its 800-year-old church, St Margarets making a prominent and also eye-catching site around which stores, clubs and restaurants have grown to produce a vibrant core to the town. As Stanford-le-Hope expands in dimension, it has actually started to include neighbouring settlements such as Corringham, Mucking as well as Fobbing, the latter of which was the scene of among the uprisings which caused the Peasants' Revolt. The River Hope, a tributary of the Thames, goes through the community. Locally there are a number of parks and also nature gets, notably Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve, with a visitor centre supplying views up and down the Thames throughout both industrial and all-natural landscapes consisting of the Mucking Flats SSSI.