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Orsett

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

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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Church 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
  2. 02
    Hangman'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
  3. 03
    St 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
  4. 04
    Orsett 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
  5. 05
    Thurrock 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
  6. 06
    Grove 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 → Orsett
    34 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–4.5
  • London, Essex → Orsett
    34 km · quickest by road, 1h 14m · £3.5–4.5
  • Luton, Luton → Orsett
    68 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–11
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    148 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    352 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    369 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    580 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    615 km

If you know how people move in Orsett – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Orsett

Orsett is 33 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.