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Laindon

Laindon is a suburban town forming the western part of Basildon, in Essex, England.

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The place

Laindon is a suburban town forming the western part of Basildon, in Essex, England. It was historically a separate village and parish. In 1949, the village was included in the designated area for the new town of Basildon, since when the area has been extensively developed; Laindon now forms part of the Basildon built-up area.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Laindon

8 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
    All Saints Church, East Horndon

    All Saints' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of East Horndon, 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.

    4.1 km · church in East Horndon, 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
    Old 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.

    5.6 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    3.4 km · church in Great Burstead, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    4.4 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    4.4 km · church in Basildon, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    2.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Northlands Park, Basildon

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

    5.5 km · park in Basildon · Wikipedia

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Getting to Laindon

Airports
London Stansted (STN), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 62 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 63 km
Stations
West Horndon railway station, 5.4 km · Basildon railway station, 2.7 km · Laindon railway station, 800 m
  • London → Laindon
    39 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £4.5–6
  • Luton, Luton → Laindon
    68 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £8–10
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Laindon
    189 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · £20–27
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Laindon

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 Laindon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    155 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    356 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    362 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    576 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    612 km

If you know how people move in Laindon – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Laindon

Laindon is 36 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.