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In November 2020, Lakeside was taken over by Savills and was renamed Lakeside Shopping Centre. Lakeside has been described as being Thurrock's "de facto town centre". [3] Thurrock Council wants to make it a "regional town centre", with plans to build new shops, facilities and 3,000 homes. A road linking it to the nearby Lakeside Basin will also ...
Chafford Hundred is an area in the Borough of Thurrock in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. Chafford Hundred is north-west of Grays. Its railway station serves the area and Lakeside Shopping Centre. Lakeside Shopping Centre is in West Thurrock and is located in the Chafford and North Stifford, and South Chafford wards in the borough of ...
Grays (or Grays Thurrock) [1] is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority area of Thurrock, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. The town, which is both a former civil parish and one of Thurrock's traditional Church of England parishes , is located on the north bank of the River Thames .
The archaeological finds and features cover all periods from the paleolithic to the 20th century. Most editions of Panorama (the Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society) contain further information about local archaeology. A brief review of archaeology in Thurrock by the Mucking weekenders is in an article by Margaret Jones in Panorama 24 ...
Thurrock has numerous archaeological sites including the major excavation at Mucking. The name "Thurrock" is a Saxon name meaning "the bottom of a ship". [3] The Woolmarket, Horndon-on-the-Hill. Horndon-on-the-Hill was the site of an 11th century mint as well as the 15th century woolmarket which gives an indication of the area's wealth in the ...
The Nature Park. The Thurrock Thameside Nature Park currently covers 120 acres (49 ha), but will grow to 845 acres (342 ha). [3] It is by the side of Mucking Creek, overlooking the Thames and directly overlooks Mucking Flats and Marshes - coastal marshes and saltmarsh designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Protection Area (SPA).
Entrance to the site is free to residents of Thurrock and the London Borough of Havering. [ 8 ] The site is home to an environmentally friendly visitor centre which features solar panels , rainwater harvesting , natural light and ventilation and a ground heat exchange system. [ 9 ]
West Thurrock was an ancient parish. In 1894 it became part of Orsett Rural District. In 1929 the parish became, with Aveley and South Ockendon, part of Purfleet Urban District. In 1931 the parish had a population of 5,153. [1] On 1 April 1936, the parish and Purfleet Urban District were abolished to form Thurrock Urban District. [2]