Vange and Fobbing Marshes, Basildon

Name: Vange and Fobbing Marshes
Address: Basildon, United Kingdom

#15 among attractions in Basildon

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Vange and Fobbing Marshes are a 164.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in two areas south of Basildon in Essex. Vange Marsh is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ()

Coordinates: 51°31'37"N, 0°29'38"E

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Basildon United Kingdom

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Vange and Fobbing Marshes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eastgate Shopping Centre, Coalhouse Fort, Northlands Park, Cliffe Fort.

3.3 miNW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon
84 min walk • Basildon Town Centre is a planned town centre developed during the creation of the town of Basildon, Essex, in the 1950s. The architect Sir Basil Spence worked on its design.
5 miSW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Coalhouse Fort
128 min walk • Coalhouse Fort is an artillery fort in the eastern English county of Essex. It was built in the 1860s to guard the lower Thames from seaborne attack.
3.4 miN
Lake, Park
Northlands Park, Basildon
88 min walk • Northlands Park is a park in Basildon, Essex, England.
4.7 miS
Forts and castles
Cliffe Fort
120 min walk • Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance to Cliffe Creek in the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in North Kent.
4.2 miN
Town
Festival Leisure Park, Basildon
107 min walk • Basildon is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159.
3.9 miNW
Park
Gloucester Park, Basildon
100 min walk • Gloucester Park in Basildon is an urban neighbourhood park, named after the Duke of Gloucester, who opened the park in 1957. In the 1970s a 6-acre artificial fishing lake was made in the park. Since 2001 it has held the annual Basildon Festival, which moved from Wat Tyler park.
2 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints Church, Basildon
52 min walk • All Saints Church is a redundant Anglican church in the former village of Vange, now part of the town of Basildon, Essex, England.
4 miE
Park
Canvey Lake, Canvey Island
102 min walk • Canvey Lake is an 8.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Canvey Island in Essex. It is owned by Castle Point Borough Council and managed by the council together with Canvey Island Town Council.
4.7 miNW
Park
Noak Bridge, Basildon
120 min walk • Noak Bridge is a housing estate in the civil parish of Laindon in Basildon, Essex. The estate takes its name from the bridge over the River Crouch at the foot of nearby Noak Hill.
1.6 miN
Park
Wat Tyler Country Park, Basildon
40 min walk • Wat Tyler Country Park is a country park located to the south of Pitsea, Essex. The area was inhabited from the Bronze Age onwards and at one time was the location of the Pitsea Explosives Factory.
3.2 miSW
Park
Stanford Warren, Stanford-le-Hope
81 min walk • Stanford Warren is a 16.6 hectare nature reserve south of Stanford-le-Hope in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. This former gravel quarry is bisected by the River Hassenbrook. It has one of the largest reedbeds in the county, together with rough grassland and marshes.