Corringham has been lit up for the first Christmas in two years after the community came together and provided the town with festive illuminations.

The town centre is now shining bright this December as the new lights, which have been installed in St John’s Way and Grover Walk, were officially switched on.

It comes after the Corringham, Fobbing and Homesteads Community Forum, schools, traders, residents, Thurrock Council and local businesses came together to set up the lights in the town.

Jenny Meads, acting chairman of the community forum, said: “We are delighted that Corringham will once again be lit up this Christmas, and every Christmas for the foreseeable years ahead.”

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