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West Thurrock is an area of Thurrock
Thurrock

Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the England ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, located 17.5 miles (28.1 km) east south-east of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

It is the location of the Lakeside Shopping Centre
Lakeside Shopping Centre

The Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping mall located in West Thurrock, in the borough of Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London....
.

The parish church
St Clement's Church, West Thurrock

St Clement's Church is a Grade I listed building in West Thurrock, Essex, England. It was featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral....
 (now redundant) was used for the funeral in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 in film United Kingdom romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell . It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant....
".

Industry along the Thames includes a Unilever
Unilever

Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of United Kingdom-Netherlands parentage that owns many of the world's consumer product brand names in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
 chilled distribution center for all its chilled food products (Flora, Bertolli, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! is a brand of margarine produced by Becel/Flora/Promise, which is a subsidiary of Unilever . It was introduced to the United States in 1986 and later to the United Kingdom in 1991....
, Stork, Peperami and AdeZ), Procter and Gamble plant manufacturing detergents.






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West Thurrock is an area of Thurrock
Thurrock

Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the England ceremonial county of Essex. It is part of the London commuter belt and an area of regeneration within the Thames Gateway redevelopment zone....
, Essex
Essex

Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, located 17.5 miles (28.1 km) east south-east of Charing Cross
Charing Cross

Charing Cross denotes the junction of the Strand, London, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in City of Westminster within Central London, England....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
.

It is the location of the Lakeside Shopping Centre
Lakeside Shopping Centre

The Lakeside Shopping Centre is a large out-of-town shopping mall located in West Thurrock, in the borough of Thurrock, Essex just beyond the eastern boundary of Greater London....
.

The parish church
St Clement's Church, West Thurrock

St Clement's Church is a Grade I listed building in West Thurrock, Essex, England. It was featured in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral....
 (now redundant) was used for the funeral in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 in film United Kingdom romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell . It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant....
".

Industry along the Thames includes a Unilever
Unilever

Unilever is a multi-national corporation, formed of United Kingdom-Netherlands parentage that owns many of the world's consumer product brand names in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
 chilled distribution center for all its chilled food products (Flora, Bertolli, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! is a brand of margarine produced by Becel/Flora/Promise, which is a subsidiary of Unilever . It was introduced to the United States in 1986 and later to the United Kingdom in 1991....
, Stork, Peperami and AdeZ), Procter and Gamble plant manufacturing detergents. The large coal-burning West Thurrock Power Station
West Thurrock Power Station

West Thurrock Power Station was a Fossil fuel power plant on the River Thames at Stone Ness, West Thurrock in Essex. The station was close to the northern end of the 380kV Thames Crossing of the National Grid ....
 closed in 1993. The 190 metre tall electricity pylons of 380kV Thames Crossing
380kV Thames Crossing

There are a number of substantial overhead powerline river crossings in the United Kingdom.The tallest electricity pylons in the UK are those of the 380kV Thames Crossing, at West Thurrock, which are 190m high....
, the tallest electricity pylons in UK, remain. Just upstream of the pylons the tunnel of High Speed 1 passes under the Thames.

Nearest places:
  • Aveley
    Aveley

    Aveley is a place in the Thurrock unitary authority in the East of England. It is a suburban development located 16.3 miles east of Charing Cross in London and within the eastern bounds of the M25 motorway....
  • Chafford Hundred
    Chafford Hundred

    Chafford Hundred is a recent UK housing development just outside Greater London between Grays and South Ockendon in the Borough of Thurrock. It is immediately adjacent to Lakeside Shopping Centre and West Thurrock....
  • Grays
    Grays

    Grays is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, and is situated approximately 20 miles to the east of London on the north bank of the River Thames....
  • South Ockendon
    South Ockendon

    South Ockendon is a village in the Thurrock borough and unitary district in the East of England, United Kingdom....


Nearest stations:
  • Chafford Hundred railway station
    Chafford Hundred railway station

    Chafford Hundred railway station is located in Chafford Hundred in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England.Located between the stations for Ockendon station and Grays station, it was opened in 1995 with capacity for future use of 12-car trains....
  • Grays railway station
    Grays railway station

    Grays railway station is a railway station located in the town of Grays in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in the East of England....
  • Purfleet railway station
    Purfleet railway station

    Purfleet railway station is a railway station located in Purfleet, Thurrock in the East of England.The station was opened in 1854 as part of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and is located 16 miles down line from London Fenchurch Street....