Rochford District
Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named after one of its main settlements, Rochford, where the council is based. The largest town in the district is Rayleigh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 85,700 residents
- Description: non-metropolitan district in Essex, England
- Also known as: “Rochford”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Potton Island and Rushley Island.
Potton Island
Island
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Potton Island is a sparsely populated island west of Foulness in Essex, England. It is connected to the mainland by a swing bridge with a traffic light system, and the road leads to Great Wakering.
Rushley Island
Island
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rushley Island is a small uninhabited island in Essex, England. It is the smallest of six islands comprising an archipelago in Essex, and is privately owned.
Havengore Island
Island
Havengore Island is a low-lying, marshy island in the civil parish of Foulness, in the Rochford district of the county of Essex, England. It is bounded by New England Creek to the north, Havengore Creek to the south west, the Middleway to the north west, with the North Sea to the south and east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnham-on-Crouch and Foulness Island.
Burnham-on-Crouch
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnham-on-Crouch is a historic town situated on the banks of the River Crouch in the East Coast of England. Best known as a yachting centre hosting the internationally famous 'Burnham Week' it also boasts many other attractions as diverse as Bronze Age burial mounds to a working steam railway museum.
Foulness Island
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Foulness Island is Essex's largest island. There is nothing much for tourists to see, due to the restrictions put in place by the UK Ministry of Defence regarding access to the island.
Shoeburyness
Town
Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shoeburyness, or simply Shoebury, is a coastal town in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England; it lies 3 miles east of the city centre. Shoeburyness is situated 4 miles south of Rochford District.
Rochford District
- Category: non-metropolitan district
- Location: Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Rochford District” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rochford”
- Cebuano: “Rochford”
- Chinese: “Rochford”
- Chinese: “羅奇福德區”
- Chinese: “羅治福”
- Dutch: “Rochford”
- French: “Rochford”
- Galician: “Distrito de Rochford”
- German: “Rochford District”
- German: “Rochford”
- Irish: “Rochford”
- Italian: “Rochford”
- Japanese: “ロックフォード・ディストリクト”
- Japanese: “ロッチフォード”
- Korean: “로치퍼드구”
- Latvian: “Ročforda (distrikts)”
- Latvian: “Ročforda”
- Luxembourgish: “Rochford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rochford (koān)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rochford (distrikt)”
- Norwegian: “Rochford”
- Polish: “Rochford (dystrykt)”
- Polish: “Rochford”
- Russian: “Рочфорд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rochford”
- Swedish: “Rochford District”
- Swedish: “Rochford”
- Urdu: “روچفورڈ ضلع”
- Welsh: “Ardal Rochford”
- Yue Chinese: “羅治福”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Paglesham Eastend and Barling.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brimstone Hill and Wallasea Island.
Essex: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Colchester, Chelmsford, Southend-on-Sea, and Basildon.
Curious Places to Discover
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