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Marquee Hire in Essex
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Covering Colchester, West Ham, Barking, Basildon, Benneet, Billericay, Braintree, Brentwood, Buckhurst Hill, Chelmsford, Clacton-on-Sea, Dagenham, Dunmow, Epping, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harlow, Harwich, Hockley, Hornchurch, Ilford, Ingatestone, Laindon, Leigh-on-Sea, Loughton, Maldon, Ongar, Rayleigh, Rochford, Romford, Saffron Walden, Southend-on-Sea, Southminster, Stanford-le-Hope, Tilbury, Walton on the Naze, Westcliff-on-Sea, Wickford, Witham, Woodford Green and all areas of Essex.
Essex is a highly populated county in the east of England, with a population of over 1.65 million people. Essex has 17 members of parliament, which are mainly conservative. Essex is twinned with 4 regions around the world – including Jiangsu, in China.
Essex has a number of large towns and urban areas. These include Southend, Thurrock, Colchester, Chelmsford, Basildon, Harlow and Chigwell. Towns like Basildon, Dagenham and Harlow were originally developed to help to house people after London was badly destroyed during World War 2.
The county of Essex is split up into 14 districts. These are Harlow, Epping Forest, Brentwood, Basildon, Castle Point, Rochford, Maldon, Chelmsford, Uttlesford, Braintree, Colchester, Tendring, Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea.
Essex is right next to London, which makes it very popular to commuters and many of its closer towns function as dormitory towns. London Stansted Airport is situated in Essex. A large chunk of the M25 is also in Essex and the county is serviced by major railway routes.
In 1884 an earthquake happened in Essex and is thought to have been the most destructive earthquake in England in over 400 years. The town most affected by the earthquake was Colchester. It is estimated that between 3 and 5 people were killed by the earthquake and that £10,000 of damage was caused.
Epping Forest is an area of woodland that acts as a border between Essex and London. Epping Forest covers almost 6000 acres and contains a number of different types of land types, including bogs, grassland and ponds.
One of the most significant towns in Essex is Southend-on-Sea. Much of Southend’s economy is based on tourism and the town boasts the world longest pleasure pier. Southend pier is an astonishing 1.34 miles long!
Thurrock is another major borough in Essex, whose administrative headquarters are in Grays, which is home to the Thameside Theatre. Lakeside shopping Centre is also in Thurrock, Lakeside is Essex’s largest our of town shopping centre – covering 240,000 squared meters of retail space. This makes it once of the largest shopping centre’s in Europe.
Chelmsford was the home to UK’s first ball bearing factory – which was opened in 1898 and is also home to Britvic – which is a shortening of the company’s original name – The British Vitamin Company.
Braintree is situated in the heart of Essex and lies about 50 metres above sea level. The town is home to the well know band The Prodigy.
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