Editing Cranham (section)

==Geography==
{{further|Geography of London}}
Most of Cranham is located on the [[London Clay]] belt, with loam to the north and a gravel valley to the south.<ref name="parishes cranham"/> It rises to about {{convert|250|ft}} in the north and to below {{convert|50|ft}} in the south; with a ridge running east to west upon which All Saints' Church is located.<ref name="parishes cranham"/> Cranham forms a continuously built-up area with Upminster to the west, with open fields separating it from [[Harold Wood]] in the north, [[Great Warley]] to the east and [[North Ockendon]] to the southeast. Franks Wood and [[Cranham Brickfields]] are designated a [[Site of Importance for Nature Conservation]] with a habitat of [[ancient woodland]], coppices, ditches, scrub, tall herbs and neutral grassland.<ref name="nature_havering">{{Cite web|url=http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4369 |publisher=Havering London Borough Council |date=10 September 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |title=Franks Wood and Cranham Brickfields |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608192125/http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4369 |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> The [[Community forests in England|community forest]] centre for the extensive [[Thames Chase]] is located in the open land to the south east.<ref name="thames chase">{{Cite web | url=http://www.thameschase.org.uk/directions.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218113827/http://www.thameschase.org.uk/directions.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 February 2007 | title=Location Map for the Thames Chase Forest Centre, Broadfields, Pike Lane, Cranham, Upminster | publisher=[[Thames Chase]] | access-date=23 February 2010 }}</ref> Cranham forms part of the Upminster [[post town]] in the [[RM postcode area|RM14 postcode district]].<ref name=rm_guide>{{Cite book| publisher=Royal Mail Group | author=Royal Mail | year=2004 | title=Address Management Guide | page=168 | author-link=Royal Mail }}</ref> Climate data for Cranham is taken from the nearest weather station at [[Greenwich]], around {{convert|12|mi|km|1}} southwest of All Saints church:
{{Greenwich weatherbox}}