Wickford
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Wickford is a town and civil parish in the south of the English county of Essex, with a population of 33,486. Located approximately 30 miles (50Â km) east of London, it is within the Borough of Basildon along with the original town of Basildon, Billericay, Laindon and Pitsea.
Wickford town sign
The River Crouch flows through Wickford in a concrete bank, which is designed to protect the town from flooding
Wickford station entrance, before it was demolished in 2021
Riverside Place Phase 1 complete
Essex
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Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west. The largest settlement is Southend-on-Sea, and the county town is Chelmsford.
St Peters Chapel, Bradwell. Established by St Cedd, the patron saint of Essex around 662, built on the site of the abandonded Roman fort of Othona
Hedingham Castle, The Norman keep from the other side of the English landscape garden
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colchester claims to be Britain's first city.
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge spanning the Thames from West Thurrock, Essex, to Dartford, Kent