What is Grays?
{{Infobox UK place | official_name = Grays | static_image_name = Grays Town Wharf.jpeg | static_image_caption = Grays wharf overlooking the River [[Thames]] and Kent | unitary_england = [[Thurrock]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Essex]] | region = East of England | country = England | latitude = 51.4724 | longitude = 0.3247 | population = 36,601 | population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]]) | constituency_westminster = [[Thurrock (UK Parliament constituency)|Thurrock]] | post_town = Romford | postcode_area = RM | postcode_district = RM17 | postcode_district1 = RM16 | dial_code = 01375 | os_grid_reference = TQ615773 }} '''Grays''' is a town in [[Essex]], [[England]], [[UK]]. It is sometimes called '''Grays Thurrock'''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Esssex|first1=AR Hope|last1=Moncrief|first2=L Burleigh|last2=Bruhl|publisher=Adam and Charles Black|year=1909|page=107}}</ref> The town is about 20 miles (32&nbsp;km) to the east of [[London]]. It is on the north bank of the [[River Thames]], and near the [[M25 motorway]]. Another '''Grays''' is a hamlet within the civil parish of Chislet, near Canterbury, Kent. It is to the south of the A299 road and on the North Stream, a tributary of the River Wantsum. The hamlet has a small collection of houses (Little Grays) and the moated Grays Farm. On the A299 is the large public house named the Roman Galley. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{multistub|geo|UK}} [[Category:Towns in Essex]]