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Rochford

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District of Rochford
shown within Essex
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Arms of Rochford District Council

Modern arms: District
Former arms of Rochford Rural District Council

Former arms: Rural District

Rochford in the county of Essex, United Kingdom is a small town to the north of Southend on Sea. It is sufficiently separated from both Southend and Rayleigh to preserve its own identity. The town square has remained relatively free of branding by national retailers and has avoided the brasher aspects of the tourism trade that have affected Southend.

It is close to a railway station from which trains run to both Southend and Liverpool Street station in the business district of central London. In consequence it has long been popular as a dormitory town for commuters.

To the south of the town an extensive golf course runs to the edge of the former RAF airfield of Rochford now known as as "London Southend Airport".

Since 1980 the MP for Rochford and Southend East has been Sir Teddy Taylor (Conservative).

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