Stanford-le-Hope is a community as well as Church of England parish located in the region of Essex, England. Usually understood in your area merely as Stanford, the town is within the unitary authority of Thurrock and also located 23.8 miles (38.4 kilometres) east of Charing Cross in London. Its primary specialty is that Joseph Conrad lived and also composed there. Unlike a few other areas of Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope is bordered by countryside as well as 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 town centre has a town feel with its 800-year-old church, St Margarets making a noticeable and attractive spots around which stores, clubs and dining establishments have expanded to develop a dynamic core to the community. As Stanford-le-Hope expands in dimension, it has begun to incorporate neighbouring negotiations such as Corringham, Mucking and 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, goes through the community. Locally there are a variety of parks and nature reserves, significantly Thurrock Thameside Nature Reserve, with a site visitor centre offering sights backwards and forwards the Thames throughout both industrial and also all-natural landscapes consisting of the Mucking Flats SSSI.