Properties for sale in Essex, sell your home privately in Essex
Essex is one of the Home Counties because of its geographical proximity in the east of England, to London. It has a driving time of around just one and a half hours and borders the counties of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Middlesex. The county town here is Chelmsford; famous for its light engineering during World War II, and the majority of other communities are small towns or large villages. This county is popular with home buyers because of the easy commute to London, and with a variety of early century townhouses and country locations on offer it makes an attractive proposition for people looking to escape the rat race.
Local places of interest include the Marsh Farm Country Park and the Colchester Zoo. This is also the home of St Peters Chapel in Bradwell, which dates back to 654AD and is the oldest church in England. Prominent towns within Essex are Billericay, Brentwood, Brightlingsea, Canvey Island, Chelmsford, Burnham-on-Crouch, Epping, Dovercourt, Coggeshall, Colchester, Corringham, Frinton_and_Walton, Harwich, Grays, Harlow, Great_Dunmow, Halstead, Leigh-on-Sea, Braintree, Loughton, Maldon, Manningtree, Ongar, Rayleigh, Rochford, Saffron Walden, South Woodham Ferrers, Southminster, Thaxted, Waltham Abbey, West Mersea, West Tilbury, Witham, Wivenhoe and of course a popular choice for home buyers in Essex Southend On Sea.
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