Other Areas of Interest Around Basildon

Basildon's history is not limited to Town Square and Eastgate. Roads, service areas and smaller town-centre locations such as Southernhay, Time Square and Cherrydown played important roles in shopping, transport, employment and everyday life.

Southernhay

One of the earliest completed roads in the new town centre, with shops, businesses, buses and later major changes connected with Eastgate and the modern transport hub.

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Time Square

Originally known as Bluehouses, this short road developed around dairy and service businesses before becoming associated with other commercial and leisure uses.

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Cherrydown

A transport-focused part of Basildon's story, connected with the 1961 bus garage, the opening of Basildon railway station in 1974 and later residential redevelopment.

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Great Oaks

One of the earliest town-centre roads, later home to emergency services, the ABC cinema complex, Tesco, Liberty Shopping Hall, QD, major car parks and a new wave of redevelopment.

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Why these places matter: They show how the New Town worked beyond its main pedestrian shopping streets. Southernhay connected shopping and transport, Time Square supported service and commercial uses, Cherrydown became closely tied to buses and the railway, while Great Oaks developed around public services, leisure, parking and changing forms of retail.