Grays

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Grays is the largest town in the Suffolk local authority ( Unitary Authority) Thurrock east of London on the north bank of the River Thames and has around 73,000 inhabitants.

Main thoroughfare in the city is the London Road, which connects with the Grays to Lakeside Shopping Centre and Purfleet.

An attractions are: the Thameside Theatre and the Thurrock History Museum. Grays was the seat of the important baronial family of the Greys, who bore the nickname of Codnor and which belonged to the English peerage since 1299.

Grays is home of the football club FC Grays Athletics, the city is also known for the Fat Surfer, where every Friday music events are listed.

The city is located in the London orbital motorway M25, the city of the Thames runs under the west in a tunnel, also Grays is connected via the A13 and a railway line to London.

Personalities

  • Michael Rowland, OFM (1929-2012), Franciscan, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dundee in South Africa
  • Russell Brand ( born 1975 ), comedian, presenter, singer and actor
  • Place in Thurrock
  • Place on the Thames
Michael Rowland (prelate)
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