Billericay
Billericay is a historic market town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, England.

Billericay is a historic market town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. It lies 23 miles (37 km) east of the City of London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 28,562 and the built-up area was 34,075.
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Worth seeing in and around Billericay
7 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.
- 01Ingatestone Hall
Ingatestone Hall is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Essex, England. It is located outside the village of Ingatestone, approximately 5 miles south west of Chelmsford and 25 miles north east of London.
4.2 km · country house in Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Edmund and St Mary, Ingatestone
St Edmund and St Mary's Church is the Church of England parish church in the village of Ingatestone in Essex. It dates to the 11th century and received major modifications in the 17th century.
5.2 km · Grade I listed church in Ingatestone, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St Mary
St Mary's is a Grade II* listed parish church in the village of Buttsbury, approximately 1.5 miles north west of Ingatestone and 3.8 miles south east of Billericay in Essex, England. The present building dates from the 14th century, but St Mary's Church was mentioned in 1170, and the site is believed to have been where St Botolph preached under a pear tree in the 7th century.
3.9 km · church in Buttsbury, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Giles
St. Giles' Church is the parish church of Mountnessing, Essex, located about one and a half miles southeast of the village.
3.1 km · church in Mountnessing, Essex, England · Wikipedia - 05Old Town Hall, Billericay
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Billericay, Essex, England. The structure, which currently operates as a restaurant, was the meeting place of Billericay Urban District Council.
400 m · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 06Church 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.
2.7 km · church in Great Burstead, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Hutton Country Park
Hutton Country Park is a 37.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Brentwood in Essex. It is owned and managed by Brentwood Borough Council.
4 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The Cater Museum. On the High Street. Has many local historical artifacts. The Billericay Historical Walk is a good way of seeing the most interesting older buildings. There are several buildings from the 16th century in the High Street. Billericay's historic buildings are mixed in among some rather less attractive ones from the 1970s and 1980s. The Billericay Society.
- 01Norsey Woods
A Nature Reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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Things to do
Barleylands. Just outside the town, has many things to see and do, including a children's farm centre and museum and a craft village. It can easily be accessed by public transport on the 100 bus from the town centre and station. Billericay Town Football Club. They play in the Ryman League Premier Division. Mill Meadows. A local nature reserve near the centre of Billericay.
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Where to eat
There are loads of places to eat and drink for a place of its size. Prezzo, 6 High Street,. Mon-Thu noon-10PM, Fri Sat 11:30AM-10:30PM, Sun 11:30AM-9:30PM. Pizza, pasta and vino. Ask, 91 High St. Mon-Thu 11:30AM-9:30PM, Fri 11:30AM-10PM, Sat 11:30AM-11PM, Sun 11:30AM-9PM. Italian. La Toscana. Tue-Sat noon-2:30PM, 6-10PM. Italian. Yau's, 5 High St.. Mon-Thu 10AM-2PM, daily 5-11PM. Chinese. Dine in or take away.
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Getting to Billericay
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 31 km · London Luton (LTN), 61 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 63 km
- Stations
- Billericay railway station, 100 m · Ingatestone railway station, 4.9 km
- London → Billericay40 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £4–6
- Luton, Luton → Billericay64 km · quickest by road, 1h 31m · £8–10
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Billericay185 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £20–26
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Billericay
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Billericay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Billericay
Billericay is 37 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ingatestonevillage in Essex, England, UK5.4 km
- Stockvillage and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom4.2 km
- Mountnessingvillage in Essex, England, UK5.2 km
- Ramsden Bellhousevillage and civil parish in Essex, United Kingdom4.4 km
- Ingravevillage in Essex, United Kingdom5.8 km
- Great Burstead and South Greencivil parish in Essex, United Kingdom2.7 km