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Things to Do in & Around Basildon – Page 3
Pitsea, Langdon Hills and the Outdoors
The southern and eastern sides of the Basildon area are particularly good for combining local history with wildlife and open landscapes.
Wat Tyler Country Park
One of the area's best-known outdoor destinations, with around 120 acres of parkland, wildlife interest and a landscape closely connected with the South Essex Marshes.
Basildon Miniature Railway
Located at Wat Tyler Country Park, the miniature railway can add an extra family attraction to a visit when it is operating.
Langdon Nature Discovery Park
Explore a large nature reserve of woodland, meadows, lakes and former Plotland gardens. The site also connects directly with the fascinating story of the area's Plotland communities.
Museum of the Plotlands
Discover how families created homes and communities on inexpensive plots of land before the New Town transformed much of the district.
Pitsea Mount
See the surviving early-sixteenth-century tower of St Michael's, one of the most distinctive historic structures surviving in Pitsea.
Nevendon Bushes
A smaller nature reserve offering another local option for woodland and wildlife away from Basildon's busier attractions.
A Good History-and-Nature Combination
Wat Tyler, Pitsea Mount and Langdon Nature Discovery Park show three very different parts of the local story: marshland and wildlife, medieval church history, and the Plotland landscape that preceded the New Town.