Purfleet-on-Thames

Worth seeing in and around Purfleet-on-Thames

10 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
   West Thurrock

   West Thurrock is an area the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 18 miles east of Charing Cross, London.

   2.3 km · traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bluewater

   Bluewater Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre, located just outside Dartford, Kent, and accessible from the M25 motorway and A2. Opened on 16 March 1999 in a former chalk quarry after ten years of building works, the site occupies 240 acres and has a sales floor area of 154,000 m2 over three levels, making it the fifth-largest shopping centre in the UK.

   4.7 km · shopping centre in Stone, Dartford, Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Stone Castle

   Stone Castle is a castle at Stone, near Western Quarry in Kent, England. It was built between 1135 and 1140 on the site where William the Conqueror signed a treaty with the men of Kent in 1067.

   4.5 km · castle in Kent, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Swanscombe Heritage Park

   The Swanscombe Skull Site is a 3.9-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve in Swanscombe, Kent, England, now forming part of the broader Swanscombe Heritage Park. The site lies within Barnfield Pit, the most significant of several former gravel quarries that once supplied raw materials to the nearby Swanscombe Cement Works, and contains two Geological Conservation Review sites.

   5.1 km · geological site and nature reserve in Kent, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Lakeside Shopping Centre

   Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping centre located in West Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London. It was constructed on the site of a former chalk quarry.

   2.5 km · shopping mall in Essex, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of St Helen and St Giles

   St Helen and St Giles is a church and landmark of Rainham and is the oldest building in the London Borough of Havering. The church retains many of its original features, for example the round-headed arches.

   5.9 km · church in Rainham, London · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Purfleet Chalk Pits

   Purfleet Chalk Pits is a 10.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

   300 m · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit

   Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit is a 17.3-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex. It is part of Chafford Gorges Nature Park, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

   4.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Clement's Church

   St Clement's Church is a Grade I listed building in West Thurrock, Essex, England. It is the church for one of the traditional parishes in Thurrock.

   3.1 km · church in West Thurrock, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Church of St Nicholas

    St Nicholas of Myra is a Grade I listed parish church in South Ockendon, Essex, England, 20 miles east of London and 8 miles south-east of Romford. The building has been under the National Heritage List for England since 8 February 1960.

    5.8 km · church in South Ockendon, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Purfleet-on-Thames

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 45 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 48 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 49 km

Stations

Slade Green railway station, 4.3 km · Swanscombe railway station, 5.4 km · Damyns Hall Aerodrome, 5.4 km · Greenhithe railway station, 3.8 km · Stone Crossing railway station, 3.3 km

• London → Purfleet-on-Thames

  26 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £2.5–3.5
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• London, Essex → Purfleet-on-Thames

  26 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £2.5–3.5
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• Luton, Luton → Purfleet-on-Thames

  63 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £8–10
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