Ode to Basildon

Is Basildon a nice place to live or is Basildon rough?

Some people don’t know that they’re born. How can they possibly class largely middle-class Essex communities such as Billericay and Brentwood as “c**v towns,” when the mother of them all, the capital city of Chavdom and South Essex’s own Gotham City lies menacingly just over the horizon? They simply aren’t in the same league. In […]

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Basildon, a self-contained ‘New Town’ to clear the slums of East London

Is Basildon a nice place to live or is Basildon rough?

Built as a self-contained ‘New Town’ to clear the slums of East London, Basildon has become one of the South-East’s great success stories. Boasting one of Europe’s largest shopping centres and having an enviable array of sporting facilities makes Basildon a great place for young families to work and live. Of course, this is all […]

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