Balstonia, Stanford-le-Hope

#3 among attractions in Stanford-le-Hope

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Balstonia is an urban area within the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is contiguous with the towns of Stanford-le-Hope and Corringham. ()

Coordinates: 51°31'12"N, 0°25'48"E

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Stanford-le-Hope United Kingdom

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Balstonia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

3.7 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon
94 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.
3.8 miS
Forts and castles, Historical place
Coalhouse Fort
97 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.
4 miS
Forts and castles
Cliffe Fort
104 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.
4.9 miS
Forts and castles
Shornemead Fort
126 min walk • Shornemead Fort is a now-disused artillery fort that was built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack.
3.7 miSW
Church
St Mary's Church, Grays
95 min walk • The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Chadwell St Mary, Thurrock, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building. Together with Emmanuel Church, it forms the Parish of Chadwell St Mary in the Diocese of Chelmsford.
4.1 miN
Park
Gloucester Park, Basildon
104 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.
3.4 miW
Windmill
Baker Street Mill
88 min walk • Baker Street Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at Baker Street, Orsett, Essex, England which has been part adapted to residential use on its lower two floors only.
2.9 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture
All Saints Church, Basildon
75 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.
3.3 miNW
Visitor center, Park
Langdon Nature Reserve, Basildon
84 min walk • Langdon Nature Reserve is a 210 hectare nature reserve west of Basildon in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust, and forms part of the Langdon Ridge Site of Special Scientific Interest.
3.7 miNE
Park
Wat Tyler Country Park, Basildon
95 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.
1 miS
Park
Stanford Warren, Stanford-le-Hope
26 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.