Mucking
Mucking is a hamlet on the north bank of Thames Estuary in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England.

Mucking is a hamlet on the north bank of Thames Estuary in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is located approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of the town of Stanford-le-Hope. Mucking was formerly a parish. The civil parish was abolished in 1936 on the creation of Thurrock Urban District, which became the modern borough of Thurrock in 1974.
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Worth seeing in and around Mucking
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Church of St Mary
St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Corringham, Essex, England. Dating from the 11th century, it is a Grade I listed building.
3.3 km · historic church in Corringham, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Mucking Flats and Marshes
Mucking Flats and Marshes is a 311.6 biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tilbury in Essex. It is part of the Thames Estuary and Marshes Ramsar site.
1.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 03Grove House Wood
Grove House Wood is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. According to Natural England, it is owned by Thurrock Council and managed by Essex Wildlife Trust but it is not listed on the web site of either body.
700 m · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mucking
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 44 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 58 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 62 km
- Stations
- Stanford-le-Hope railway station, 1.1 km · East Tilbury railway station, 2.3 km · Low Street railway station, 3.9 km
- London → Mucking38 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £4–5
- London, Essex → Mucking38 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · £4–5
- Luton, Luton → Mucking72 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mucking
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mucking. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Mucking
Mucking is 37 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Thurrockunitary authority area with borough status in Essex, England, UK800 m
- Stanford-le-Hopetown in Thurrock, Essex, England1.1 km
- Corringhamtown in Essex, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Horndon on the Hillvillage in Thurrock, Essex, England3.1 km
- West Tilburyvillage in Essex, England, UK3.7 km
- Linfordsettlement in Thurrock, Essex, England2 km