Hockley is a big village and also civil parish in Essex in the East of England situated between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, or, much more specifically, in between Rayleigh and also Rochford. It concerned importance throughout the resulting the railway in the 1890s and also at the 2001 census had a population of 13,616 people, decreasing to 9,616 at the 2011 Census, most of whom commute to London. The parish of Hockley itself has a population of 8,909 (2001 census), while the city location faces the neighbouring church of Hawkwell. Hockley railway station offers the village.