Kingswood

Kingswood is a locality in Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. Kingswood is situated nearby to the locality Ghyllgrove, as well as near the suburb Lee Chapel South.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basildon railway station and Basildon Library.

Basildon railway station

Railway station

Photo: Julieanne Savage, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Basildon is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Basildon, Essex. It is 24 miles 26 chains down the main line from London Fenchurch Street and is situated between Laindon to the west and Pitsea to the east.

Basildon Library

Library

Photo: Ron Galliers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodlands School

School

Woodlands School is a secondary school in Basildon, Essex. The school currently educates more than 1600 students from Basildon and South East Essex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basildon and Laindon.

Basildon

Photo: Simon Q, CC BY 2.0.

Basildon is a town in Essex, England. While not usually high on any list of places-to-go for people other than Depeche Mode fans, Basildon does have a few things to keep you occupied if you end up there.

Laindon

Suburb

Photo: Robert Edwards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laindon is a suburban town forming the western part of Basildon, in Essex, England. It was historically a separate village and parish. In 1949, the village was included in the designated area for the new town of Basildon, since when the area has been extensively developed; Laindon now forms part of the Basildon built-up area. Laindon is situated 2 miles west of Kingswood.

Dale Farm

Locality

Photo: Save Dale Farm, CC BY 2.0.

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 Lane site. Dale Farm is situated 2 miles north of Kingswood.

Kingswood

Type: Locality
Location: Borough of Basildon, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.56399° or 51° 33′ 50″ north

Longitude

0.4631° or 0° 27′ 47″ east

Elevation

112 feet (34 metres)

Open location code

9F32HF77+H6

GeoNames ID

13271284

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Notable Places Nearby

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