Thors Oak (sheltered housing / retirement housing)

Thors Oak

Thors Oak, Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex SS17 7BZ (view on map).
Manager: Thurrock Borough Council, Housing Department, Civic Offices, New Road, Grays, Essex RM17 6SL Tel. 01375 652 880
Properties:22 flats. Sizes 1bed. Includes mobility standard properties. Opened in 1970.
Services:Resident management staff and community alarm service.
Accessibility:Access to site easy, but less so for less mobile people. Distances: bus stop 50 yards; shop 100 yards; post office 1 mile(s); town centre 1 mile(s); GP 500 yards.
Lifestyle:Regular social activities include Chair exercises, coffee mornings, sewing class, lunch club, bingo and cards. Residents can also attend regular church services and Sunday lunch. Quiz nights, jumble sales, garden parties and Easter and Christmas Bazaars a.
Pets:Both cats & dogs accepted.
Tenure:Rent (social landlord).
Manager's notes:Residentshave full use of the communal facilities at nearby O'Donoghue House. A hairdresser visits every week, a chiropodist visits once a month and shopping trips to Asda are made every month. Regular visits are made by the bits and bobs man and a mobile library visits monthly. We do lots of gardening and coach trips are also held throughout the summer.

It is less than five minutes walk to the bus stop, with services to Stanford, Aveley, Basildon, and the train station, which is on the London to Southend line. There is a newsagent across the road and a post box five minutes away. The town centre is a ten minute walk where there is a supermarket, bank and chemist.
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Thurrock Borough Council

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