History
The railway station was originally opened in 1889 for the smaller town of Woodham Ferrers which is located about a mile to the north of South Woodham Ferrers. After the railway station opened, the fields of two adjoining farms in the Crouch valley were divided by new estate roads and seperated into hundreds of individual building plots which were offered for sale, these plots were mainly bought by Londoners who wanted a new life in the country.
In the 1920s and '30s there was a noteable increase in population, the growth of a thriving community life and the establishment of many new businesses. The town of South Woodham Ferrers itself grew up around the station, but underwent dramatic growth as part of a planned development in the late 1970s. The final phase of the town's development has occurred in the last few years with a new area of building near Fenn Creek.
