Essex
Basildon
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Basildon is best known as a post-war New Town, for its south Essex commuter links, industrial estates and Depeche Mode connections.
Postcode districts: SS13, SS14, SS15
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Basildon was designated a New Town in 1949 to provide homes and jobs for London’s post-war population, combining older Essex villages such as Laindon, Pitsea and Vange into a planned urban area. Its town centre, industrial estates and road links were built around modernist planning principles, while later regeneration added new housing and leisure facilities. Today Basildon is a major south Essex employment and rental market, with rail links to London Fenchurch Street and access to the A127 and A13.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Basildon") and Basildon Borough / New Town heritage information.
Page prepared 2026-11-07. Figures come from the official sources named on each card; where we don't have reliable data we say so.