Great Wakering

Great Wakering is a village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It is approximately 4 miles east of Southend-on-Sea, its post town.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shoeburyness railway station and Havengore Island.

Shoeburyness railway station

Railway station

Photo: Joshua Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shoeburyness railway station is the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Line serving the coastal town of Shoeburyness, in Essex, England.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shoeburyness and Barling.

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.

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. Barling is situated 2½ miles northwest of Great Wakering.

North Shoebury

Suburb

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Shoebury is part of Shoeburyness, a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. North Shoebury was historically a separate village and parish.

Great Wakering

Type: Locality
Location: Rochford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5431° or 51° 32′ 35″ north

Longitude

0.8208° or 0° 49′ 15″ east

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

9F32GRVC+78

GeoNames ID

7293537

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Cupid’s Corner and Samuel’s Corner.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pig’s Bay and Brimstone Hill.

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