Aveley is a town and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United Kingdom census it had a population of 9,801.

Kate Evelyn Luard,, was a British nurse in the Second Boer War and First World War who was awarded the Royal Red Cross and Bar. She was the author of two books describing her experiences.