South Ockendon
South Ockendon is a town in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England.
South Ockendon is a town in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is located close to the border with Greater London, just outside the M25 motorway. The area to the north is North Ockendon. South Ockendon was historically a parish; the parish was abolished for civil purposes in 1936 when South Ockendon became part of Thurrock. At the 2021 census the built up area of South Ockendon had a population of 22,440.
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Worth seeing in and around South Ockendon
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.
- 01West Thurrock
West Thurrock is an area the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies 18 miles east of Charing Cross, London.
4.2 km · traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England · Wikipedia - 02Lakeside 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.
3.8 km · shopping mall in Essex, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Laurence, Upminster
The church of St Laurence, Upminster, is the Church of England parish church in Upminster, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
5 km · church in Upminster, London · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary Magdalene, North Ockendon
The church of St Mary Magdalene is a Church of England religious building in North Ockendon, Greater London, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene.
2.4 km · Grade I listed church in the London Borough of Havering, England,UK · Wikipedia - 05Church 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.
300 m · church in South Ockendon, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Hangman'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.
5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07St 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.
5.1 km · church in Orsett, Thurrock, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Grays 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.
4.1 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Grays in Essex · Wikipedia - 09Purfleet 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.
5.2 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Purfleet in Essex · Wikipedia - 10St 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.
5.4 km · church in West Thurrock, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to South Ockendon
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 41 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 53 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 53 km
- Stations
- Upminster station, 5.3 km · Upminster Bridge tube station, 5.9 km · Damyns Hall Aerodrome, 3.6 km · Ockendon railway station, 400 m · Chafford Hundred railway station, 3.9 km
- London → South Ockendon28 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £3–4
- London, Essex → South Ockendon28 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £3–4
- Luton, Luton → South Ockendon64 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £8–10
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for South Ockendon
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 Ockendon. 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 South Ockendon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to South Ockendon
South Ockendon is 28 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Graystown in Essex, England5.7 km
- Upminstersuburban town in east London, England5 km
- Purfleet-on-Thamestown in Essex, UK5.5 km
- Aveleytown in Essex, England, UK3.6 km
- Orsettvillage in Essex, England, UK5.3 km
- Wenningtonvillage in London Borough of Havering, UK5.2 km