Thundersley Great Common

Thundersley Great Common or Thundersley Common is an 8.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Thundersley in Essex. It is managed as public open space by Castle Point Borough Council.

Photo: Dave Playfair, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Forest
Description: UK Site of Special Scientific Interest
Also known as: “Thundersley Common”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rayleigh railway station and Rayleigh Windmill.

Rayleigh railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rayleigh railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the town of Rayleigh, in Essex. It lies 33 miles 9 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street, and is situated between Wickford to the west and Hockley to the east.

Rayleigh Windmill

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rayleigh Windmill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Rayleigh, Essex, England which has been restored as a landmark and is used as a museum.

Rayleigh Castle

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rayleigh Castle was a masonry and timber castle built in the town of Rayleigh in Essex, England in the 11th century shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. All that exists today are the earthwork remains of its large motte-and-bailey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leigh-on-Sea and Wickford.

Leigh-on-Sea

Photo: Chris j wood, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leigh-on-Sea is a beautiful old fishing port on the London side of Southend-on-Sea on the south coast of Essex. Visitor venues in Leigh can be divided into three zones.

Wickford

Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wickford is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon of Essex, England. It is located approximately 30 miles east of London and 4 miles north-east of Basildon.

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.

Thundersley Great Common

Category: Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location: Castle Point District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5748° or 51° 34′ 29″ north

Longitude

0.5894° or 0° 35′ 22″ east

Open location code

9F32HHFQ+WQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 33101997

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

Wikidata ID

Q27990766

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Thundersley and Bread and Cheese Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kingley Woods and Kingley Woods Playing Fields.

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