Hockley
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Hockley is a large village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It is located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, or, more specifically, between Rayleigh and Rochford. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,639. The urban area has grown to be contiguous with the neighbouring village of Hawkwell; the Office for National Statistics now classes them as a single built up area that it calls "Hockley and Hawkwell", which had a population of 15,425 in 2021.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Hockley
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Peter ^ St Paul Church - geograph.org.uk - 2748970.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul
- UK place.population
- 9,639
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)15,425 (Hockley and Hawkwell built up area, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Hockley
- UK place.shire_district
- Rochford
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rayleigh
- UK place.post_town
- HOCKLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- SS5
- UK place.postcode_area
- SS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01702
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ826924
- UK place.mapframe
- yes
- UK place.mapframe zoom
- 12
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9616
- Official website
- www.hockley-essex.gov.uk
- Image
- St. Peter and St. Paul, Hockley, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 154268.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01702
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- Commons category
- Hockley
- OS grid reference
- TQ826924
- postal code
- SS5
- P8168
- Gaspra
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Hockley is a large village and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It is located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, or, more specifically, between Rayleigh and Rochford. It came to prominence during the coming of the railway in the 1890s. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 9,639. The urban area has grown to be contiguous with the neighbouring village of Hawkwell; the Office for National Statistics now classes them as a single built up area that it calls "Hockley and Hawkwell", which had a population of 15,425 in 2021.
Hockley railway station serves the village.
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