The clock tower rises above the rooftops in our town centre. Here you will find various small unique shops, services, and one of the 2 large supermarkets that serve not only those local, but also from the surrounding areas.

Our main medical centre is on the outskirts of the Town, close to the Main A132 and here you will find our other supermarket.

From drawings on a drawing board at Essex County Council, to today being a self-contained town, we have grown and will continue to do so.

Where else can you walk and within 20 minutes be in the countryside. Our Fen is home to some rare plants and bird species on the red danger list.

We look after our residents from the cradle to the grave, with toddler groups, to youth clubs, sports clubs and adult learning and seniors groups. Our monthly Seniors Film Club is very popular with our locals. We have a thriving business community, creating jobs and supporting the local economy.

Retirement brings lots of opportunities to do activities, and we have many of them here in the town, from keep fit, bowls, to our cinema club.

For those loved ones no longer with us, we have the Garden of Remembrance, with a selection of interments and scatterings of ashes.

"South Woodham Ferrers, one of the most desirable places in Essex to live!"

In 1889, a new railway station opened in South Woodham Ferrers around which housing development, in the form of plotlands, took place. The first period of major growth in South Woodham Ferrers took place in the 1960s and early 1970s, focussed along the north-south spine of the Hullbridge Road. At this point the population of South Woodham Ferrers was approximately 4,500 people.

As a part of the New Town movement, Essex County Council led the large scale, comprehensive expansion of South Woodham Ferrers, planning this to be a ‘new country town on the River Crouch.’ The first major stage of development resulting from the new town programme took place to the north of the town, with later development from the mid 1980s onwards taking place to the south of the railway line. The pace of development has been more limited since the turn of the century, but plans are currently in place for major developments to the north of the town in future years. In 1981 HM Queen Elizabeth II opened the town square, which is named after her. Her Majesty unveiled a traditional Essex town sign.