Gloucester Park, Basildon

Name: Gloucester Park
Address: Basildon, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Basildon

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park

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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. It is also the training facility of Basildon Amateur Athletics Club who boast an all-weather stadium and train mostly on a Monday and Wednesday night. Other facilities at the park include a swimming pool, netball and tennis courts, bowling green, children's playground, cricket and football pitches with astro turf. ()

Elevation: 79 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°34'38"N, 0°27'12"E

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St. Martin'sBasildon United Kingdom

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Gloucester Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eastgate Shopping Centre, Festival Leisure Park, Noak Bridge, Dale Farm.

0.6 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Basildon
16 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.
0.7 miNE
Town
Festival Leisure Park, Basildon
17 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.
0.8 miNW
Park
Noak Bridge, Basildon
21 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.
1.5 miNE
Neighbourhood
Dale Farm, Basildon
40 min walk • Dale Farm is a plot of land situated on Oak Lane in Crays Hill, Essex, United Kingdom. Until October 2011, it was the site of one of the largest Traveller concentrations in the UK, at its height housing over 1,000 people, along with the adjacent Oak Land site.
1.3 miNW
Town
Steeple View, Basildon
35 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.