[6] The Bata company developed not only a factory, but also a town for workers, built in the modernist style, and a sizeable estate of listed buildings remains.

A sizeable Czech workforce was relocated here, and has merged into the local community after connections were lost with Czechoslovakia after World War II.

[7] East Tilbury is served by modern infants and junior schools sharing a site opposite the old Bata factory and adjacent to parkland.

East Tilbury is also served by the Nibs Buses route 374 which operates between Grays bus station and Basildon on Mondays to Saturdays.

[9] Large sections of Metropolitan Green Belt land have been earmarked for development;[10] it is expected to include 14,000 homes and provide 20,000 jobs.

[14] From the late 1950s Esso Petroleum made tentative plans to build an oil refinery on East Tilbury marshes.