Corringham Light Railway & Coryton Station
The Corringham Light Railway was a line built in 1899, opened in 1901, as part of access to the Kynochs munitions factory on the site …
Coryton Oil Refinery
The refinery c.2014 (BTP) and 2016 (Slayaaaa) prior to the demolition of its many towers The refinery was built over Coryton village (Kynochtown) and Kynoch’s …
Kynoch Explosives Factory, Coryton
We visited these structural remains in 2018 and 2020 . The first visit consisted of an initial exploration with photography to identify if these remains …
Fobbing QF Bomb Decoy
After setting off from the explosives site at Coryton, we headed on a trek across the marshes towards the town of Fobbing. We were searching …
Fisons Fertiliser Factory
Fisons Plc was a British pharmaceutical, scientific instruments and horticultural chemicals company established by Edward Packard in 1843. In 1863 he was joined in business by his son, …
Oozedam Farmhouse and WW2 Defences
We visited Oozedam Farm in January of 2018, on a trek across Fobbing Marshes which saw us head from the farm to discover a lost …
The Peasants Revolt of 1381
Pictured above are a set of eerie wooden sculptures of the rebels at Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Essex. Whilst the park does not in …
Shell Haven Jetties
The Shell Haven Oil Refinery existed behind the Coryton refinery that dominates the skyline of the surrounding area, which ceased oil production in 2012. It …
London Gateway Container Port
DP (Dubai Ports) World began to construct a huge shipping container port over the site of the Shell Haven oil refinery in around roughly 2010, …
Kynoch Sewage Work
Coryton was home to an explosives factory in the turn of the 20th Century which you can read about and see the remains of in …