Location

Grays is the largest town in the borough Thurrock in Essex, England.

The town is located on the north bank of the River Thames and is approximately 20 miles to the east of central London, and 2 miles east of the M25 motorway. Its economy is linked to Port of London industries, its own offices, retail and the Lakeside Shopping Centre which is nearby.

The population of Grays is 76,563 people with more and more people working in London living here commuting. Grays is in the middle of the c2c Services between Southend on Sea and Central London making it a prime place to live. In the south of Grays is where Grays Beach Park is located which is one of the green spaces left in the area as many plots are brought by investors to make homes for the increase of population.

Grays Beach Park is in the south of Grays and is the closest green space to the centre of Grays .

My location to redevelop is to the west of the park where west of it is the field of the park and north is housing and south is the industrial area of the port of London.

My location is mainly surrounded by housing with lots of flats and houses which don’t have much garden space which makes the park their own garden and green space that they can use. However, the park has been neglected for a couple years with no café meaning people have to walk for 15min to get to any shops and buy any food so it’s a priority to bring this closer to the park such as in my location which would be ideal.

I researched the local area by categorising the are to see visually who far away shops, housing, schools are to look at what would really benefit the area. So immediately I saw the lack of shops in the area.