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Southend Road, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 0PF

This is the Great Waklering village sign which stands at the junction of Southend Road and Star Lane which is a mini roundabout. The fields behind belong to Oldbury Farm.

From the High Street

This is a telephone exchange on the B1017 Star Lane

This long mound is marked as a line on the map. It is beside the southern end of the private road which leads from here to the landfill site on Barling Marsh. Perhaps it is made from material left from the construction of the roadway.

This shows the Waters Edge development that was launched in 2014 with the first residents moving in about two years later. This is all in stark contrast to how the area was when it was the site of the Star Lane brickworks. Hence the names - Sandy Crescent, Kiln Way and Brick Road - of the new roads. Geographs including Image and Image show how the area used to look. "Waters Edge" refers not to the beaches of nearby Southend but to some flooded claypits at the end of Sandy Crescent.

The Waters Edge development was launched in 2014 with the first residents moving in about two years later. This is all in stark contrast to how the area was when it was the site of the former Star Lane brickworks. Hence the names - Sandy Crescent, Kiln Way and Brick Road - of the new roads. Geographs including Image and Image show how the area used to look. Taken on the corner of Star Lane and Sandy Crescent. "Waters Edge" refers not to the beaches of nearby Southend but to some flooded claypits at the end of Sandy Crescent.

This shows the Waters Edge development that was launched in 2014 with the first residents moving in about two years later. This is all in stark contrast to how the area was when it was the site of the former Star Lane brickworks. Hence the names - Sandy Crescent, Kiln Way and Brick Road - of the new roads. Earlier Geographs including Image and Image show the previous uses of the site.

This shows the Waters Edge development that was launched in 2014 with the first residents moving in about two years later. This is all in stark contrast to how the area was when it was the site of the former Star Lane brickworks. Hence the names - Sandy Crescent, Kiln Way and Brick Road - of the new roads. Geographs including Image and Image show how the area used to look.

Here you can see just how muddy this place is, but the mud is a lovely rich orange colour, the same as the bricks. Brick making was the main industry during the Industrial Revolution and early 20th Century around this part of Great Wakering.