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Photo of Thorndon Country Park, a country park near West Horndon, Essex, eastern England.

Thorndon Country Park© Roger Jones / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Stanford-le-Hope StationStanford le Hope

27 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Tilbury Fort, an artillery fort near Rochester, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Tilbury Fort

Artillery fort near Rochester

Star-shaped 17th-century artillery fort on the Thames, England's best-preserved of its kind.

7.7 km SW

Photo of Thorndon Country Park, a country park near West Horndon, Essex, eastern England.Highlight

Thorndon Country Park

Country park near West Horndon

A deer park reworked by Capability Brown around James Paine's Palladian hall.

8.5 km NW

Photo of St Mary's, Higham, a church in Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Mary's, Higham

Church near Higham

Marshland church with a carved medieval oak screen, near the Gad's Hill home of Charles Dickens.

8.7 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

1.3 km S · spans 24 counties

Photo of Northlands Wood Country Park, a country park near Basildon, Essex, eastern England.

Northlands Wood Country Park

Country park near Basildon

A country park in Essex.

3.1 km N

Photo of Langdon Hills Country Park, a country park near Laindon, Essex, eastern England.

Langdon Hills Country Park

Country park near Laindon

A country park in Essex.

4.1 km N

Photo of Westley Heights Country Park, a country park near Laindon, Essex, eastern England.

Westley Heights Country Park

Country park near Laindon

A country park in Essex.

4.2 km N

Photo along the Saxon Shore Way, a 160-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Hastings, south east England.

Saxon Shore Way

Long-distance path

Around Kent's Roman-era coastline from Gravesend to Hastings — a shore the sea has since abandoned for miles at a stretch.

5.9 km SE · Kent & East Sussex

Photo of Wat Tyler Country Park, a country park near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, eastern England.

Wat Tyler Country Park

Country park near Leigh-on-Sea

A country park in Essex.

6.4 km NE

Photo along the Wealdway, an 82-mile long-distance path running from Gravesend to Eastbourne, south east England.

Wealdway

Long-distance path

Estuary to sea across Kent and Sussex — Gravesend to Eastbourne over the North Downs, the deep Weald and a Beachy Head finish.

8.4 km S · East Sussex & Kent

Everything else within 10 km (17) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.