Basildon

Basildon
Basildon town square, looking east
Basildon Location within Essex
Population	115,955
OS grid reference	[TQ7389 TQ7389]
• London	25.6 miles (41.2 km) WSW
District	Basildon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Basildon
Postcode district	SS13 – SS16
Dialling code	01268
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Basildon and Billericay South Basildon and East Thurrock
Website	basildon.gov.uk
List of places UK England Essex 51°35′N 0°29′E / 51.58°N 0.49°E / 51.58; 0.49

Basildon (/ˈbæzɪldən/ BAZ-il-dən) is a large town in Essex, England. It had a recorded population of 115,955 at the 2021 census. In 1931, the town had a population of 1,159. It was then expanded when it became a new town in the late 1940s. It lies 26 miles (42 km) east of Central London, 11 miles (18 km) south of the city of Chelmsford and 10 miles (16 km) west of the city of Southend-on-Sea.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Basildon.

• Basildon Council Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Basildon Heritage
• Basildon Borough History – Basildon Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Basildon History Online Archived 2009-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Gateway 97.8 – Community Radio station
• Basildon Radio – Basildon local Internet Radio station
• Basildon in the Domesday Book

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