James Hornsby School

The James Hornsby School is a co-educational secondary school located in Laindon, in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. It was formed from the merger in 1998 of the Laindon School and Nicholas Comprehensive, and occupies the site of the latter.

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Type: School
Description: school in Essex, UK
Also known as: “The James Hornsby School”
Address: Leinster Road, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 5NX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Laindon railway station and Gloucester Park.

Laindon railway station

Railway station

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Laindon is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Laindon in Essex, England. It is 22 miles 69 chains down the main line from London Fenchurch Street and is situated between West Horndon to the west and Basildon to the east. Laindon railway station is situated 3,500 feet southwest of James Hornsby School.

Gloucester Park

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, and it has held the annual Basildon Festival since 2001, which was moved from Wat Tyler Park. Gloucester Park is situated 1 mile east of James Hornsby School.

Basildon Library

Library

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Basildon Library is situated 1 mile east of James Hornsby School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laindon and Basildon.

Laindon

Suburb

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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.

Basildon

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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

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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 northeast of James Hornsby School.