Thurrock

Thurrock is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of , England. It lies on the north bank of the immediately east of and has over 18 miles of riverfront including the , the principal port for London.
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  • Type: unitary authority area with 167,000 residents
  • Description: unitary authority area with borough status in Essex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “GB-THR”, “Thurrock (parish)”, “Thurrock (unparished area)”, “থ্যুরর্ক”, and “తురాక్”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Stanford-le-Hope railway station and East Tilbury railway station.

Railway station
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is on a loop line…

Railway station
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is on a loop line of the…

Nature reserve
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 16.6-hectare nature reserve south of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanford and Chadwell St Mary.

Town
Photo: John Winfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanford-le-Hope is a town in the borough of Thurrock in , England.

Village
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is an area of the unitary authority of Thurrock in , England. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Thurrock.

Town
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a port town on the north bank of the Thames in the borough of Thurrock in , England. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thurrock.

Thurrock

Latitude
51.5° or 51° 30′ north
Longitude
0.4167° or 0° 25′ east
Population
167,000
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Abbreviation
“THR”
UN/LOCODE
GB TRK
Open location code
9F32GC28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2635885
Wiki­data ID
Q1549155
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Thurrock” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثوروك”
  • Bavarian: “Thurrock”
  • Belarusian: “Тарак”
  • Bengali: “থুররক”
  • Catalan: “Thurrock”
  • Cebuano: “Borough of Thurrock”
  • Chinese: “瑟罗克”
  • Chinese: “瑟羅克”
  • Dutch: “Thurrock”
  • Esperanto: “Thurrock”
  • French: “Thurrock”
  • German: “Thurrock”
  • Greek: “Θάροκ”
  • Gujarati: “થુરોક”
  • Hungarian: “Thurrock”
  • Irish: “Thurrock”
  • Italian: “Thurrock”
  • Japanese: “サーロック”
  • Kannada: “ಥುರಾಕ್”
  • Korean: “서럭”
  • Ladin: “Thurrock”
  • Latvian: “Taroka”
  • Lithuanian: “Turokas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Thurrock”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thurrock”
  • Northern Frisian: “Thurrock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thurrock”
  • Norwegian: “Thurrock”
  • Persian: “ثارک (انگلستان)”
  • Persian: “ثارک”
  • Polish: “Thurrock”
  • Portuguese: “Thurrock”
  • Romanian: “Thurrock”
  • Russian: “Таррок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thurrock”
  • Slovenian: “Thurrock”
  • Spanish: “Thurrock”
  • Swedish: “Thurrock”
  • Tamil: “துரராக்”
  • Telugu: “తుర్రోక్”
  • Ukrainian: “Таррек”
  • Urdu: “تھاراک”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Thurrock”
  • Yue Chinese: “土洛克”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mucking and Linford.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: London Gateway Park and Orsett Minor Injury Unit.

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