Basildon

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new town town

Basildon is a large town in Essex, England, known as a post-war new town and a major commercial and residential centre within the East of England.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Basildon (borough) 1
Basildon Borough 1
Basildon Borough Council 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf new town ⓘ
town ⓘ
ambulanceService East of England Ambulance Service ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic post-war new town ⓘ
country England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
developmentType planned town ⓘ
dialCode 01268 ⓘ
distanceFromLondon about 11 miles south of Chelmsford ⓘ
about 25 miles east of central London ⓘ
fireService Essex County Fire and Rescue Service ⓘ
footballClub Basildon United F.C. ⓘ
Bowers & Pitsea F.C. ⓘ
foundedAsNewTown 1949 ⓘ
governingBody Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basildon Borough Council
hasHospital Basildon University Hospital ⓘ
leisureFacility Festival Leisure Park ⓘ
locatedIn Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basildon District

East of England ⓘ
Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thames Gateway regeneration area ⓘ
surface form: Thames Gateway
nearestAirport Southend Airport ⓘ
surface form: London Southend Airport
nearestMajorAirport London City Airport ⓘ
nickname Bas Vegas ⓘ
notableIndustry light manufacturing ⓘ
retail ⓘ
services ⓘ
OSGridReference TQ735905 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basildon and Billericay

South Basildon and East Thurrock ⓘ
partOf Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basildon Borough
policeForce Essex Police ⓘ
population over 100000 ⓘ
postcodeArea SS ⓘ
primaryRailwayStation Basildon railway station ⓘ
railLine London, Tilbury and Southend line ⓘ
region East of England ⓘ
roadConnection A127 ⓘ
A13 ⓘ
A130 ⓘ
role major commercial centre ⓘ
major residential centre ⓘ
shoppingCentre Eastgate Shopping Centre ⓘ
Westgate Shopping Park ⓘ
status large town ⓘ
twinTown Châlons-en-Champagne ⓘ
Heiligenhaus ⓘ
Meaux ⓘ
Nieder-Olm ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thurrock → borderedBy → Basildon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borough of Basildon
East of England → contains → Basildon ⓘ
Essex → containsBorough → Basildon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basildon (borough)
Essex → containsSettlement → Basildon ⓘ
Basildon → governingBody → Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basildon Borough Council
this entity surface form: Basildon and Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)
Basildon → locatedIn → Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basildon District
Basildon → parliamentaryConstituency → Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basildon and Billericay
Basildon → partOf → Basildon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basildon Borough