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Laurence Industrial Estate, Eastwoodbury Lane, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RH

This picture shows Eastwood Brook constrained in concrete embankments as it flows through an industrial estate. The photo was taken looking due west from the B1013 Cherry Orchard Way.

A section of the stream that has been canalised between housing and the industrial estate.

This picture shows St Laurence Church, Eastwood. Parts of the building date back to the 12th century with some recycled roman bricks being used in the construction. The church stands inside the ATC controlled area of Southend Airport, a few yards from the end of the main runway. To the left of the picture can be seen the barriers that close off the road when a large aircraft is due to land. The red sign outside the church is not for the parish notices it tells motorists, “for your own safety if the barriers are down do not move your car”. It has been suggested that the church could be pulled down and reconstructed 100 yards away to facilitate airport expansion. To find out more see http://www.ecclsoc.org/eastwood.html

This photo shows the proximity of St Laurence Church to Southend Airport’s runway. There is a “crash gate” on the left of the picture at the end of the churchyard wall. The barriers close when large aircraft take off or land.This photo was taken looking East.

This photo of St Laurence and All Saints Church at Eastwood was taken from Southend Flying Club. You can see that it is fairly close to the Runway. It is about 99 metres to the very end of the Runway and about 225 metres from the Threshold. The Threshold is the point on the Runway at which planes are allowed to land after.

Standing at the end of the runway at Southend Airport.

St. Laurence and All Saints is a grade I listed building, 12th to 17th century. Its churchyard abuts Southend Airport, not far from the runway, although the airport is not the busiest.

This is looking across the end of the runway extension at Southend Airport to St Laurence and All Saints Church. Taken from the path above the new link road.

The church is right next to the end of the runway at Southend Airport.

This was the second photo I was able to take when I was Co Pilot on a flight to Lydd. The building with the fir trees and a marquee is the Essex County Hotel. See Image The open area of land in the centre of the photo is in Cherry Orchard Way. I believe industrial units are going to be built there.