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.Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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.
Wallasea Island
Island
Wallasea Island lies in Essex, England. It is bounded to the north by the River Crouch, to the south east by the River Roach, and to the west by Paglesham Pool and the narrow Paglesham Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnham-on-Crouch and Shoeburyness.
Burnham-on-Crouch
Photo: Terryjoyce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Barling
Hamlet
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barling or Barling Magna is a village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It lies 4 miles north-east of Southend-on-Sea, its post town, and 17 miles south-east of the county town of Chelmsford.
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 Little Wakering.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brimstone Hill and New England Island.
Essex: Must-Visit Destinations
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