Grays

Grays or Grays Thurrock is the biggest city in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex and one of Thurrock's traditional Church of England parishes. The town is about 32 km to the east of London at the north financial institution of the River Thames, and 3.2 km east of the M25 motorway. Its economic system is related to Port of London industries, its own places of work, retail and Lakeside, West Thurrock. Grays has excellent street hyperlinks, being near the A13 avenue and the M25 highway.

The A126 London Road is the principle street which links Grays metropolis centre with Lakeside Shopping Centre, Purfleet and Tilbury. Grays railway station runs through the centre of the built-up core and is served with the aid and runs between Fenchurch Street station within the City of London to the west and Shoeburyness to the east. Also Grays bus station by the station above is a hub for most bus offerings in Thurrock. The bus offerings are operated by means of Ensignbus, First Essex and NIBS buses. The location's nearby soccer team is Grays Athletic, which plays non-League soccer and has won the FA Trophy twice.

It's additionally domestic to Sunday league football crew Palmers F.C. Who had been defeated by way of Thames Gateway F.C. Of their maximum recent cup final conflict.Lakeside Hammers speedway crew formerly Arena Essex Hammers races nearby, subsequent to the Lakeside Shopping Centre. A crew named Grays raced against the home group which changed into referred to as Cambridge at Caxton Speedway near Cambridge on 10 September 1931. Grays featuring Lionel Loudon, Wal Evans, Bill Bailey, Alf Lloyd and Smiler Puncher lost.