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.
There are a number of castles near to Rochford including Colchester Castle.
There are a several good woodlands in the Rochford area like Epping Forest, and Bedfords Park.
There are a number of airports near Rochford including London Southend Airport, and London Stansted Airport.
Rochford has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Audley End House and Gardens, and Chelmsford Cathedral.
There are a number of cities near to Rochford including Chelmsford.
Rochford is near some unmissable villages like Hatfield Peverel,
The area close to Rochford boasts some of the best country parks including Thorndon Country Park.
The area around Rochford's best shopping centres can be found at Lakeside Shopping Centre.
Places near Rochford feature a number of interesting parks including Bedfords Park.
There are a number of nature reserves near to Rochford including 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.
