Tesco Bowaters Ball (Water Tower)

Many people have asked what the big ball/tower is in the car park at Tescos on the A2 at Rainham. As you can see from the roundabout sign the site was previously occupied by Bowaters, a paper company that needed large quantities of water for their production. The roundabout was originally always known as "The Bowaters Roundabout" although often now is also called Tescos Roundabout.