Essex – Page 5 – Walking. Gossip. Travel.

Basildon – Premier Inn Basildon Festival Park

This Premier Inn at Festival Park was keenly priced and isn’t too far away from the beating heart of Basildon

There wasn’t much in Basildon when this map was published, around 100 years ago. Holy Cross Church was fairly alone

The Basildon and Pitsea area doesn’t have many listed buildings and the situation here is a little unfortunate, as in

I’m not sure that I’ve ever been to a Toby Carvery before, so what better place to visit in Basildon?

My friend Liam told me that one of the highlights of Basildon was the sign at the entrance to it

Billericay’s war memorial was unveiled on 16 October 1921 (so, by chance, 99 years to the day when I visited),

It was a bit too early to visit the Billericay Brewing Company, so I popped into JD Wetherspoon’s pub in

This is the tap room, or micropub as they refer to it as, of the Billericay Brewing Co. The frontage

OK, I admit there’s no real archaeology here. But this is the view from my hotel window and I puzzled

I’ve moved away from Accor Hotels on this trip as I’m booking everything at the last minute. Accor do this