Pitsea
Pitsea is a suburban town forming the eastern part of Basildon in Essex, England.
Pitsea is a suburban town forming the eastern part of Basildon in Essex, England. Historically a separate village and parish. Pitsea was a small village until the first half of the 20th century, when it experienced significant plotlands development. In 1949, it was included in the designated area of the new town of Basildon, which led to further residential and urban development. Pitsea subsequently became part of the built-up area of Basildon.
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Worth seeing in and around Pitsea
10 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.
- 01Thundersley
Thundersley is a village and former civil parish located within the Borough of Castle Point in southeast Essex, England. It is 31 miles east of Charing Cross, London and 23 miles south of the county town of Chelmsford.
5.9 km · suburban area in Castle Point, Essex, England · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Mary the Virgin, South Benfleet
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church of South Benfleet, Essex. The church dates to around the 12th century, and predates the neighbouring Hadleigh Castle, which lies to the east a few miles away.
4.8 km · church in South Benfleet, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Northlands Park, Basildon
Northlands Park is a park in Basildon, Essex, England.
1 km · park in Basildon · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary
St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Corringham, Essex, England. Dating from the 11th century, it is a Grade I listed building.
5.9 km · historic church in Corringham, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Basildon 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.
3.6 km · Site of Special Scientific Interest in Essex, England · Wikipedia - 06Holehaven Creek
Holehaven Creek is a tidal creek between Canvey Island and Corringham in Essex and drains the a number of surrounding marshes in the area. It has been designated as a 272.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
5.8 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Vange 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.
4.7 km · biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in two areas south of Basildon in Essex, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Church 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.
2.3 km · church in Bowers Gifford, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Pitsea 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.
1.7 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 10Vange 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.
1.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Pitsea
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 40 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 67 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 68 km
- Stations
- Basildon railway station, 3.3 km · Laindon railway station, 5.6 km · Wickford railway station, 5.2 km · Benfleet railway station, 4.9 km · Pitsea railway station, 1 km
- London → Pitsea44 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £4.5–6
- Luton, Luton → Pitsea73 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Pitsea194 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · £21–28
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Pitsea
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 Pitsea. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Pitsea – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Pitsea
Pitsea is 42 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Basildontown in Essex, England, UK1.3 km
- Wickfordtown in Essex, England4.9 km
- Castle Pointnon-metropolitan district in Essex, England, UK5.9 km
- Corringhamtown in Essex, United Kingdom5.9 km
- South Benfleettown in Essex, United Kingdom5.2 km
- Shotgatevillage in Essex, England, UK5.5 km