Attractions / Days out in Thurrock
Grays Beach Riverside Park
Grays
Beach Riverside Park is a fantastic place to
visit at any time and it gets even better in
summer. Great play equipment like a giant sand
pit, adventure trail, aerial slide and the
famous Grays Beach play galleon are open all
year round and during the summer months there's
a whole treasure trove of activities,
competitions and special events organised to
keep kids entertained all summer long.
More Details:
Directions
Tel: 01375 386759
Entrance fee: Call for details
Opening hours
Visit
website
Thurrock Museum
Visit
the Thurrock Museum and Gallery and you can
explore the history of Thurrock through 40
permanent display cases and 20 temporary display
cases, containing over 1,500 objects,
interpreting 250,000 years of Thurrock's past.
Discover the mammoths from Aveley, the
earliest known Thurrock coins dating to 75bc,
Prehistoric Flint tools, Roman Pottery, Saxon
artefacts and medieval finds from Grays. See a
heavy horse harness, leather fireman's pipe,
cast Iron boundary post for Sir John Cass, a
Victorian post box and railway notices.
More Details:
Thameside Complex, Orsett Road, Grays
RM17 5DX
Tel: 01375 385484
Entrance fee: Free
Opening hours
Visit website
RETURN TO
TOP OF PAGE
Tilbury Fort
The
best and largest example of 17th century
military engineering in England, trace the
history of this impressive fort from the time of
Henry VIII up to World War II.
More Details:
No 2 Office Block, The Fort, Tilbury RM18
7NR
Tel: 01375 858489
Entrance fee
Opening hours
Visit website