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'''Burnham-on-Crouch''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in the [[Maldon District]] of [[Essex]], in the [[East of England]]
The civil parish extends {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of the town to the mouth of the River Crouch. It includes the hamlets of [[Creeksea]] and [[Ostend, Essex|Ostend]] west of the town
==History==
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There are many [[listed building]]s in the town, including the [[Grade II* listed building|Grade II* listed]] [[Royal Corinthian Yacht Club]] designed in 1931 by the modernist architect Joseph Emberton.<ref name="FautleyGaron2004"/> The [[Mangapps Railway Museum]] is located nearby.
[[File:Burnham_on_Crouch.jpg|thumb|right|The town's high street, 2024]]
Although the town has a population of little over 7,500, it is the principal settlement in the wider [[Dengie peninsula]] area (population 20,000),<ref name="Thomas2010">{{cite book|author=David St John Thomas|title=Remote Britain|url=https://archive.org/details/remotebritainlan0000thom|url-access=registration|access-date=1 August 2012|date=29 July 2010|publisher=frances lincoln ltd|isbn=978-0-7112-3054-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/remotebritainlan0000thom/page/495 495]–}}</ref> meaning it has facilities that are uncommon in small towns, such as a cinema,<ref name="Ashley2011">{{cite book|author=Peter Ashley|title=Cross Country: English Buildings and Landscape From Countryside to Coast|date=26 April 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-68611-9|page=146}}</ref> a laundrette, a post office, 22 licensed drinking establishments and three pharmacies.<ref name="Administrators1974">{{cite book|author=Institute of Health Service Administrators|title=The Hospitals & health services year book and directory of hospital suppliers|year=1974|publisher=Institute of Health Service Administrators.|isbn=978-0-901003-09-6}}</ref>
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Burnham-on-Crouch holds a bi-annual charity fund-raising pub crawl, an event which first took place in June 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b-o-c-pubcrawl.co.uk|title=Burnham-On-Crouch pub crawl}}</ref> Typically more than 100 local people walk through the town in themed fancy dress raising money for [[the Samaritans]]. There is both a summer and winter edition of the crawl.
On the last Saturday of September, the town holds its Illuminated Carnival, which was held for the 100th year in 2008. The carnival takes place on the High Street and Quay with stalls, sideshows and displays, and culminates with a grand illuminated procession in the evening, which leaves from the clock tower and proceeds around the town.<ref>{{cite news|title=Burnham has a big celebration|date=September 2008|work=Essex Life |publisher=Archant |page=16 |url=http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=Xx310Ki2Lg80&EID=ae1ff680-f48b-4a38-9931-2ac69df9011d&skip=true|access-date=18 January 2009}} (Registration required).</ref> There is also a fancy-dress competition for children. The carnival is sponsored by local businesses.
The Essex town is mentioned in the song "[[Billericay Dickie]]", by [[Ian Dury]]. This song alludes to Burnham's somewhat upmarket status in the county, with the invitation "Oh golly, oh gosh, Come and lie on the couch, With a nice bit of posh, From Burnham-on-Crouch."<ref>Ian Durie - Billericay Dickie Lyrics|AZLyrics.com</ref>
==Transport==
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[[File:Burnham-on-Crouch railway station 1.jpg|thumb|right|Burnham-on-Crouch railway station]]▼
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[[Burnham-on-Crouch railway station]] is a stop on the [[Crouch Valley Line]], which runs between {{rws|Wickford}} and {{rws|Southminster}}. The branch line escaped the [[Beeching cuts]], as it was used to supply the nearby [[Bradwell nuclear power station]]. The line was electrified in the 1980s.
[[Greater Anglia]] provides regular services to Wickford and Southminster, with direct services extending to and from [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]] during peak hours, thus allowing the town's inclusion in the [[London commuter belt]].<ref name="Timetables">{{Cite web |work=[[Greater Anglia]]|title=Timetables |date=21 May 2023 |access-date=30 August 2023 |url= https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/timetables |quote=}}</ref>
Bus services are operated by [[First Essex]], [[Stephensons of Essex]] and Fords Coaches. Routes link the town with [[Chelmsford]], [[Maldon]], [[Latchingdon]], [[South Woodham Ferrers]] and [[Southminster]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stops in Burnham-on-Crouch |work=Bus Times |date=2023 |access-date=30 August 2023 |url= https://bustimes.org/localities/burnham-on-crouch |quote=}}</ref>
==Media==
Local TV coverage is provided by [[BBC East]] and [[ITV Anglia]]. Television signals are received from the [[Sudbury transmitting station|Sudbury]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Sudbury|title=Full Freeview on the Sudbury (Suffolk, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref> and the local relay TV transmitters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Burnham_on_Crouch|title=Freeview Light on the Burnham on Crouch (Essex, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref>[[BBC South East]] and [[ITV Meridian]] can also be received from either the [[Bluebell Hill transmitting station|Bluebell Hill]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Bluebell_Hill|title=Full Freeview on the Bluebell Hill (Medway, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref> or [[Dover transmitting station|Dover]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Dover|title=Full Freeview on the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref> TV transmitters.
Local radio stations are [[BBC Essex]], [[Heart Essex]], [[Radio Essex]] and Saint FM, a community based station which broadcast from the town.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://burnhamoncrouch.uk/residents/volunteer-groups/community-radio-station/|title=Community Radio Station|website=burnhamoncrouch.uk|access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>
The town is served by a local newspaper, the ''Maldon and Burnham Standard''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-eang/maldon-burnham-standard/|title=Maldon and Burnham Standard|date=20 February 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=5 November 2023}}</ref>
==Sport==
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* [[Helen Watson (singer-songwriter)|Helen Watson]], musician, lives in Burnham-on-Crouch
* [[Una Lucy Silberrad]], feminist novelist who lived in Burnham in later life. She is buried in the churchyard.
* [[Lenny Rush]], BAFTA winning actor, from Burnham-On-Crouch
==References==
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