Stanford-le-hope
Stanford-le-Hope is a community and also Church of England parish positioned in the region of Essex, England. Often understood locally simply as Stanford, the community is within the unitary authority of Thurrock and located 23.8 miles (38.4 km) eastern of Charing Cross in London. Its principal specialty is that Joseph Conrad lived and also created there. Unlike some other areas of Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope is bordered by countryside and farmland. Stanford-le-Hope is surrounded 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 km) west of Southend-on-Sea. The town centre has a village pity its 800-year-old church, St Margarets making a noticeable as well as appealing spots around which shops, bars as well as dining establishments have actually grown to produce a lively core to the town. As Stanford-le-Hope grows in dimension, it has begun to include neighbouring negotiations such as Corringham, Mucking and also 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 as well as nature gets, significantly Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve, with a visitor centre supplying sights up and down the Thames throughout both industrial and all-natural landscapes consisting of the Mucking Flats SSSI.