Bradwell Area Fact Sheet

The Bradwell Episcopal Area is a wide and varied area north of the River Thames, made up of towns, countryside and coast.
It covers the area from the Dartford Crossing to Southend in the east and Maldon and Chelmsford to the north.
Within Bradwell's boundaries are some 161 parishes and 186 church buildings.
Bradwell has nine deaneries: Brentwood, Basildon, Chelmsford North, Chelmsford South, Maldon & Dengie, Hadleigh, Southend, Thurrock and Rochford.
The buildings include the chapel built by St Cedd in 654 AD at Bradwell-on-Sea.
The Bradwell Area includes Chelmsford, the county town of Essex, Southend-on-Sea, the largest urban connurbation in Essex, Brentwood, Basildon, Thurrock and Tilbury Docks.
These are heavily urbanized areas of all types.
The population is 919,096 (2001 Census).
Thurrock, Southend, Basildon, Castle Point and Rochford are part of the Thames Gateway, which has been designated as a national priority area for urban regeneration.
Bradwell is served by the Bishop of Bradwell who lives to the south-west of Basildon in the village of Horndon-on-the-Hill, and by the Archdeacon of Southend who lives in Chelmsford.
Visit Bishop Laurie's web site, www.lauriegreen.org

Bradwell Episcopal Area

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