Rayleigh

Do you want to rent the oldest, smallest and prettiest council house in Britain? [Laurent Stadelmann]

Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008

It is available to rent for £75 a week in Rayleigh, Essex. However, the tenant must agree to open this tiny 17th-century thatched Dutch Cottage to the public one day a week. It has one bedroom, a living room with a kitchen and a small bathroom. It is administered by a trust through Rochford Council, Essex. There is one week left to apply. Watch a video or read more . Laurent Stadelmann The Property...

Tiny Essex council house has a guide price: public have to be allowed in

Times Online (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008

Rayleigh The smallest council house in Britain is available to rent at £75 a week - as long as the occupiers agree to open it to the public once a week. The thatched 17th-century cottage, in Rayleigh, Essex, is thought to have been built by Dutch settlers in the 1670s and has one bedroom, a living room with a kitchen and a small bathroom. It is administered by a trust through Rochford Council, Essex,...

• Britian's prettiest council house goes on the market for £75 a week - The Telegraph

Police identify A12 body

EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 16/05/2008

THE identity of a woman whose dismembered body was found on the A12 has been revealed. Suffolk police have named her as Karen Crews, 50, from Alexandra Road in Rayleigh in Essex.

Kevin Goodchild exhibition opens

Shepherdpics ~ The Blog (Free subscription) | 25/02/2008

Fellow Essex photographer and good friend Kevin Goodchild has his first exhibitions of images of Essex opening today. If you are anywhere near Rayleigh its bound to be worth a visit. Polders (by Kevin Goodchild) The exhibiton runs through to Friday 28th March at The Mill Arts & Events Centre Mill Hall, Bellingham Lane, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 7ED Telephone: 01268 778737 If you can't make it to the exhibition...