Blue Pond

Blue Pond is in Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. Blue Pond is situated near Ghyllgrove Primary School, as well as near the peak Green Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Gloucester Park and Basildon Library.

Gloucester Park

Park

Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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, and it has held the annual Basildon Festival since 2001, which was moved from Wat Tyler Park. Gloucester Park is situated 1,500 feet west of Blue Pond.

Basildon Library

Library

Photo: Ron Galliers, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Basildon Library is situated 2,900 feet south of Blue Pond.

De La Salle School

School

De La Salle School is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided school located in Basildon, Essex for boys and girls aged 11 to 16, in the Trusteeship of the La Sallian Brothers, and within the Diocese of Brentwood. De La Salle School is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Blue Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basildon and Dale Farm.

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.

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.

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 1½ miles west of Blue Pond.

Blue Pond

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

51.57796° or 51° 34′ 41″ north

Longitude

0.45976° or 0° 27′ 35″ east

Open location code

9F32HFH5+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 165073090

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ghyllgrove Primary School and Green Hill.

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Places to explore: Ghyllgrove Close and Butneys.

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