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Essex

One of the home counties, Essex is located to the northeast of London with a coastline that runs into the Thames estuary. Some of the larger towns include Chelmsford, Basildon, Harlow, Clacton, Harwich, Pitsea and Shoeburyness.

Essex is known for Lakeside shopping centre, London Stanstead Airport, Marconi, Britvic & Audley End.

With trains running from Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street & Victoria and journey times approximately in the 29-93 minute range, Essex is well connected with London.

Essex is connected to the rest of southeast England by the M25, M11, A12, A127 & A13.

Surrounding counties are Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the south and London to the southwest.

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