Drake Close

Drake Close is a bus stop in Castle Point District, Essex, England. Drake Close is situated nearby to the fitness club Virgin Active, as well as near the forest West Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Deanes and Hadleigh Library.

The Deanes

School

The Deanes is a co-educational secondary school located in Thundersley in the English county of Essex. The Deanes is situated 1,400 feet north of Drake Close.

Hadleigh Library

Library

Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hadleigh Library is situated 3,600 feet southeast of Drake Close.

The Church of St James the Less, is a grade I listed church in Hadleigh, Essex. The church is of predominantly Norman construction with the chancel and nave dating to the 12th century. Church of St James the Less is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Drake Close.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hadleigh and Rayleigh.

Hadleigh

Town

Photo: Edward Clack, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hadleigh is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of Essex, England. It lies on the A13 road between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea. The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north.

Rayleigh

Town

Photo: Auntalys, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Rochford District, Essex, England. It lies between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, 32 miles east of central London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 32,248 and the built-up area had 32,380. Rayleigh is situated 1½ miles north of Drake Close.

South Benfleet

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh. South Benfleet is situated 2 miles southwest of Drake Close.

Drake Close

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Castle Point District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.56249° or 51° 33′ 45″ north

Longitude

0.59952° or 0° 35′ 58″ east

Open location code

9F32HH6X+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 474892349

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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