Population 7,795 (2001 Census) Unitary authority Local time Saturday 4:46 AM | OS grid reference TQ585785 Sovereign state United Kingdom Dialling code 01708 Post town Grays | |
Weather 9°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
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West Thurrock is a traditional Church of England parish and town in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 17.5 miles (28.1 km) east south-east of Charing Cross, London.
Contents
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- Map of West Thurrock Grays UK
- Location
- Industry
- Buildings
- Origin of the name
- References
Map of West Thurrock, Grays, UK
Location
West Thurrock is part of the unitary authority of Thurrock located on the north bank of the River Thames about 17 miles (27 km) from Charing Cross, London.
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Industry
Industry along the Thames includes a Unilever chilled distribution centre for all its chilled food products including Flora, Bertolli, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Stork, Peperami and AdeZ. A Procter & Gamble (originally Hedley's) plant manufactures detergents and soaps.
The large coal-burning West Thurrock Power Station closed in 1993, and was replaced by a plant making industrial chemicals, particularly the raw materials for detergent manufacture. The 190 metre tall electricity pylons of 400 kV Thames Crossing, the tallest electricity pylons in the UK, remain. Just upstream of the pylons the tunnel of High Speed 1 passes under the Thames.
West Thurrock was formerly the site of a large chalk quarrying and cement making industry, today represented only by the works of Lafarge below the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. A new plant for the production of aluminous cement was completed in 2003.
Buildings
West Thurrock is the location of the Lakeside Shopping Centre.
The parish church (now redundant) was used for the funeral in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
Belmont Castle, England, a neo-Gothic mansion, was built in West Thurrock in 1795 but was demolished in 1943 to make way for a chalk quarry.
Origin of the name
Thurrock is a Saxon name meaning "the bottom of a ship". West Thurrock is one of three "Thurrocks", the others being Little Thurrock and Grays Thurrock.