Hockley
Hockley is a large village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It is located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, or, more specifically, between Rayleigh and Rochford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 9,640 residents
- Description: large village and civil parish in Essex, England located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea
- Also known as: “Hockley, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hockley railway station and Marylands Nature Reserve.
Hockley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hockley railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the village of Hockley, Essex. It is 36 miles 1 chain down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rayleigh to the west and Rochford to the east.
Marylands Nature Reserve
Forest
Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marylands is a 3.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Hockley in Essex. It is owned by Rochford District Council and managed by Hockley Parish Council. The site has a varied fauna and flora, with 96 species of trees, shrubs, grasses and herbs, and 13 of butterflies.
Hockley Woods
Forest
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hockley Woods is a large woodland in south-east Essex. It is a Local Nature Reserve, and parts are a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned and managed by Rochford District Council.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rayleigh and Rochford.
Rayleigh
Town
Photo: Auntalys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It lies between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, 32 miles east of central London. Rayleigh is situated 2½ miles southwest of Hockley.
Rochford
Town
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Rochford is a town and civil parish in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles north of Southend-on-Sea, 43 miles from London and 21 miles from Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,889 and the Rochford built up area had a population of 12,615. Rochford is situated 2½ miles southeast of Hockley.
Eastwood
Suburb
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Eastwood is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It was formerly a civil parish, the main part of which was absorbed into the municipal borough of Southend-on-Sea in 1933. Eastwood is situated 2½ miles south of Hockley.
Hockley
- Categories: town, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Hockley, Rochford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6011° or 51° 36′ 4″ northLongitude
0.65699° or 0° 39′ 25″ eastPopulation
9,640Elevation
171 feet (52 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB HCYOpen location code
9F32JM24+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 27584862OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Hockley” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Hockley”
- Basque: “Hockley”
- Bengali: “হক্লে”
- Cebuano: “Hockley”
- Chinese: “Hockley”
- Chinese: “赫克雷”
- Chinese: “霍克利”
- Dutch: “Hockley”
- French: “Hockley”
- German: “Hockley”
- Gujarati: “હોકલી”
- Irish: “Hockley”
- Italian: “Hockley”
- Japanese: “ホックリー”
- Kannada: “ಹಾಕ್ಲೆ”
- Korean: “호클리”
- Ladin: “Hockley”
- Latin: “Hoccheleia”
- Lithuanian: “Hoklis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hockley (Essex)”
- Polish: “Hockley”
- Portuguese: “Hockley”
- Russian: “Хокли”
- Spanish: “Hockley”
- Swedish: “Hockley, Essex”
- Swedish: “Hockley”
- Tamil: “ஹோக்கலே”
- Telugu: “హోక్లేయ్”
- Ukrainian: “Гоклі”
- Urdu: “ہوکلے”
- “Hockley”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hockley Post Office and Hockley Library.
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