Rochford
Rochford is a Town in the county of Essex.
There are great places to visit near Rochford including some great towns, castles, woodlands, airports, historic buildings, cities, villages, country parks, shopping centres, parks and nature reserves.
There are a number of towns near Rochford including Colchester, Epping, Maldon, Southend-on-Sea, Saffron Walden, Braintree, and Basildon.
Colchester Castle is a great place to visit close to Rochford if you like castles.
Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park are great places to visit near Rochford if you like woodlands.
London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport are some of Rochford best airports to visit near Rochford.
Historic Buildings to visit near Rochford include Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.
The area around Rochford's best cities can be found at Chelmsford.
Places near Rochford feature a number of interesting villages including Hatfield Peverel.
There are a number of country parks near to Rochford including Thorndon Country Park.
Don't miss Lakeside Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Rochford.
Don't miss Bedfords Park's parks if visiting the area around Rochford.
There are a several good nature reserves in the area around Rochford like Bedfords Park.
Rochford History
There are some historic monuments around Rochford:
Places to see near Rochford
History of Rochford
James Banyard was buried in the graveyard of St Andrew’s, Rochford. Nearby Southend Airport started life as a grass fighter station in World War I. The site was founded in the autumn of 1914 when farmland between Westbarrow Hall and the Great Eastern railway line at Warners Bridge 2 1â2 miles (4 km) north of Southend Pier was acquired for RFC training purposes. Training continued until May 1915 when the site, known also as Eastwood, was taken over by the RNAS to become a Station (night) in the fight against intruding Zeppelins. Southend Airport was opened on the site on 18 September 1935. As World War II approached it was requisitioned by the Air Ministry in August 1939 for use as a fighter airfield by No.11 Group RAF. RAF Rochford was a satellite station for RAF Hornchurch and was primarily a fighter base, home mainly to Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane aircraft. Rochford airfield was accompanied by a radar base in Canewdon (around 4 miles (6.4 km) away). Due to the presence of the airfield Rochford was bombed a number of times during the war.
