Orsett
Orsett is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England.

Orsett is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north-east of the centre of Grays, its post town. At the 2021 census the Orsett built up area had a population of 1,461.
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Worth seeing in and around Orsett
6 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
The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Chadwell St Mary, Thurrock, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building.
3.2 km · historic church in Chadwell St Mary, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hangman's Wood and Deneholes
Hangman's Wood and Deneholes is a 3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Little Thurrock in Essex. The deneholes, which were created by medieval chalk mining, are a scheduled monument.
2.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 03St Giles & All Saints Church, Orsett
St Giles & All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Orsett, Essex, England, which is of medieval origin. It is a Grade I listed building.
300 m · church in Orsett, Thurrock, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Orsett Hall
Orsett Hall was a 17th-century Grade II listed building in Orsett, Essex. It was set in 12 acres of parkland and was the centre of the Orsett Hall agricultural estate.
700 m · Country house (now hotel) in Essex. UK · Wikipedia - 05Thurrock and Basildon College
Thurrock and Basildon College was a further education college in Grays, Essex, England and Basildon, Essex, England. It was formed by the merger of Thurrock Technical College and Basildon College.
2.9 km · further education college in Grays, Essex, England · Wikipedia - 06Grove 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.
4 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Orsett
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 43 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 56 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 58 km
- Stations
- Stanford-le-Hope railway station, 3.7 km
- London → Orsett34 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–4.5
- London, Essex → Orsett34 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–4.5
- Luton, Luton → Orsett68 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £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 Orsett
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 Orsett. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Orsett – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Orsett
Orsett is 33 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Thurrockunitary authority area with borough status in Essex, England, UK3.4 km
- Stanford-le-Hopetown in Thurrock, Essex, England3.8 km
- Chadwell St Maryvillage in Essex, England, UK3.2 km
- Horndon on the Hillvillage in Thurrock, Essex, England2.7 km
- West Tilburyvillage in Essex, England, UK3.6 km
- Little Thurrocksuburb in Thurrock, Essex, UK3 km