Stanford-le-Hope is a town and Church of England parish situated in the region of Essex, England. Frequently understood in your area simply as Stanford, the community is within the unitary authority of Thurrock and also situated 23.8 miles (38.4 km) east of Charing Cross in London. Its major specialty is that Joseph Conrad lived and also created there. Unlike a few other areas of Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope is bordered by countryside and also farmland. Stanford-le-Hope is bordered to the north by the A13 road as well as 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 attractive landmark around which shops, clubs and restaurants have actually grown to produce a vibrant core to the community. As Stanford-le-Hope expands in size, it has actually started to integrate adjoining negotiations such as Corringham, Mucking and also Fobbing, the latter of which was the scene of one of the uprisings which led to the Peasants' Revolt. The River Hope, a tributary of the Thames, runs through the community. Locally there are a number of parks as well as nature books, notably Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve, with a site visitor centre giving sights up and down the Thames across both industrial as well as natural landscapes including the Mucking Flats SSSI.