Basildon

Worth seeing in and around Basildon

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Church of St Mary Magdalene

   Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade I-listed parish church located in the village of Great Burstead, about 1.5 mi south of Billericay, Essex, England. While the current building dates back to the 12th century, it's believed a wooden church may have been built on the site as early as the seventh century.

   5.2 km · church in Great Burstead, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Basildon Meadows

   Basildon Meadows is a 6.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Basildon in Essex. The site is composed of three unimproved meadows which have a wide variety of herbs.

   3.7 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Vange and Fobbing Marshes

   Vange and Fobbing Marshes are a 164.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in two areas south of Basildon in Essex, England. Vange Marsh is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

   5.9 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in two areas south of Basildon in Essex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gloucester Park, Basildon

   Gloucester Park in Basildon is an urban neighbourhood park, named after the Duke of Gloucester who opened the park in 1957. In the 1970s, a 6-acre artificial fishing lake was made in the park, and it has held the annual Basildon Festival since 2001, which was moved from Wat Tyler Park.

   2.8 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Margaret

   The Church of St Margaret is a 14th-century grade II* listed church near Bowers Gifford, Essex. As is common with many Essex churches, it features a wooden bell-cot surmounting a stone tower.

   3.9 km · church in Bowers Gifford, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Pitsea Marsh

   Pitsea Marsh is a 94.6-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Pitsea in Essex. The southern half is the Wat Tyler Country Park, and the northern half is private land.

   3.2 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Vange Hill

   Vange Hill is an 11.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Vange, a suburb of Basildon in Essex. It is owned and managed by Basildon Borough Council.

   2.1 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   All Saints Church, Vange

   All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the former village of Vange, now part of the town of Basildon, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3.2 km · church in Basildon, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Northlands Park, Basildon

   Northlands Park is a park in Basildon, Essex, England.

   600 m · park in Basildon · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   St Martin's

   St.

2. 02
   The Glass Bell Tower

   Opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1999, the 30-m-high glass bell tower is the first of its kind in the world and also contains the first bell ever to be cast by a woman in the year 1441.

3. 03
   Wat Tyler Country Park

   A country park named in honour of the leader of the peasants' revolt of 1381.

4. 04
   Tilbury Fort

   Tilbury, RM18 7NR (13 miles south of Basildon),.

From Wikivoyage: Basildon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Festival Leisure Park

   Festival Way, SS14 3WB,.

2. 02
   Towngate Theatre

   St.

3. 03
   Basildon United F.C.

   Gardiner's Close (near the Festival Leisure Park).

From Wikivoyage: Basildon, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Basildon

Airports

London Stansted (STN), 38 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 67 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 67 km

Stations

Wickford railway station, 4.4 km · Basildon railway station, 2.7 km · Laindon railway station, 4.8 km · Pitsea railway station, 2.5 km

• London → Basildon

  41 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £4.5–6
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• Luton, Luton → Basildon

  70 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £8–11
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Basildon

  191 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £20–27
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