West Thurrock
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{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|official_name= West Thurrock
|unitary_england= [[Thurrock]]
|lieutenancy_england= [[Essex]]
|region= East of England
|constituency_westminster= [[Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency)|Thurrock]]
|post_town= GRAYS
|postcode_district= RM20
|postcode_area= RM
|dial_code= 01708
|population= 7,795 (2001 Census)
|os_grid_reference= TQ585785
|latitude= 51.4836
|longitude= 0.2820
}}
'''West Thurrock''' is an area of [[Thurrock]], [[Essex]], [[England]], located 17.5 miles (28.1 km) east south-east of [[Charing Cross]], [[London]].
It is the location of the [[Lakeside Shopping Centre]].
Industry along the [[Thames]] includes a [[Unilever]] chilled distribution center for all its chilled food products (Flora, Bertolli, [[I Can't Believe It's Not Butter]], Stork, Peperami and AdeZ), [[Procter and Gamble]] plant manufacturing detergents. The large coal-burning [[West Thurrock Power Station]] closed in 1993. The 190 metre tall electricity pylons of [[380kV Thames Crossing]], the tallest electricity pylons in UK, remain. Just upstream of the pylons the tunnel of [[High Speed 1]] passes under the Thames.
Nearest places:
* [[Aveley]]
* [[Chafford Hundred]]
* [[Grays]]
* [[South Ockendon]]
Nearest stations:
* [[Chafford Hundred railway station]]
* [[Grays railway station]]
* [[Purfleet railway station]]
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[[Category:Thurrock]]
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[[nl:West Thurrock]]
[[Category:Towns in Essex]]