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South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch is a locality to the south of Hornchurch in London Borough of Havering, east London.

South Hornchurch
South Hornchurch · Fay1982
The place

South Hornchurch is a locality to the south of Hornchurch in London Borough of Havering, east London. It is a suburban development situated 13.6 miles (21.8 km) east of Charing Cross. The area is a relatively recent addition, compared with the more mature suburbs in Havering. It was built on open farmland and the former site of RAF Hornchurch.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around South Hornchurch

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
    Victoria Road

    Victoria Road, currently known as the Chigwell Construction Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium located in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The stadium has a capacity of 6,078 and is the home ground of Dagenham & Redbridge and West Ham United Women.

    2.6 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    1.4 km · church in Rainham, London · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Beam Valley Country Park

    Beam Valley Country Park is a 74-hectare park in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Most of it is designated as a Local Nature Reserve called Beam Valley, but a narrow strip next to the River Beam south from Western Avenue is a separate LNR called Beam Valley.

    1.6 km · park in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Rainham Hall

    Rainham Hall is a Grade II* listed Georgian house, owned by the National Trust, in Rainham, in the London Borough of Havering. Built in 1729 for Captain John Harle, the house was transferred to the National Trust in 1949.

    1.4 km · historic house museum in Rainham, London Borough of Havering, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Rainham War Memorial

    The Rainham War Memorial commemorates soldiers killed in both World Wars as well as civilian casualties of World War II.

    1.3 km · war memorial in London · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Harrow Lodge Park

    Harrow Lodge Park is a large public park in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering. It was created by Hornchurch Urban District Council, partly on land donated by Richard Costain and Sons Ltd., the developers of Elm Park Garden City housing development.

    2.8 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Hornchurch Country Park

    Hornchurch Country Park is a 104.5-hectare park on the former site of Hornchurch Airfield, south of Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, east London.

    1.9 km · park in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. Peter and St. Paul, Dagenham

    Church in Dagenham, London

    1.9 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Dagenham Village Churchyard

    Dagenham Village Churchyard or St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard is a 0.88 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is owned by the borough council.

    1.9 km · church in London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Wildspace Conservation Park

    The Wildspace Conservation Park, also known as London Riverside Conservation Park or Wildspace, is a major new conservation park under development. The conservation park is predominantly in London, within the London Borough of Havering, but also extends across the capital's administrative boundary and into Thurrock in Essex.

    3.1 km · park in Rainham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to South Hornchurch

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 40 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 45 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 50 km
Stations
Elm Park tube station, 2.4 km · Hornchurch tube station, 3.5 km · Dagenham East tube station, 2.1 km · Dagenham Heathway tube station, 2.9 km · Dagenham Dock railway station, 2.7 km
  • London → South Hornchurch
    22 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £2.5–3
  • Luton, Luton → South Hornchurch
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £7–10
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → South Hornchurch
    178 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £20–26
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for South Hornchurch

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 South Hornchurch. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inUse Woolwich Ferry then for destinations in south London.

From Wikivoyage: London/East, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    140 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    339 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    379 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    571 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    606 km

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

Around it

Next door to South Hornchurch

South Hornchurch is 20 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • London Borough of Haveringborough in the London Region in England3.1 km
  • DagenhamTown in east London, England3.2 km
  • Hornchurchtown in Havering, London, England3.5 km
  • Becontreehousing estate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London, England3.6 km
  • Rainhamsuburban town in outer London, England, part of the London Borough of Havering1.5 km
  • Elm Parkarea in the London Borough of Havering2.2 km