Borough of Basildon

{{Short description|Non-metropolitan district and borough in Essex, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Use British English|date=June 2012}}

{{Infobox settlement   | official_name = Borough of Basildon | settlement_type = Non-metropolitan district and borough | image_skyline = Town Square, Basildon - geograph.org.uk - 2575026.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Basildon, the administrative centre of the borough | image_shield = | shield_size = | shield_alt = | shield_link = | image_map = Basildon UK locator map.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_alt = | map_caption = Basildon shown within Essex | mapframe = yes | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = United Kingdom | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_type3 = Non-metropolitan county | subdivision_type4 = Status | subdivision_type5 = Admin HQ | subdivision_name1 = England | subdivision_name2 = East of England | subdivision_name3 = Essex | subdivision_name4 = Non-metropolitan district, Borough | subdivision_name5 = Basildon | established_title1 = Incorporated | established_date1 = 1 April 1974 | government_type = Non-metropolitan district council | governing_body = Basildon Borough Council | leader_title1 = MPs | leader_name1 = Richard Holden, James McMurdock, Mark Francois | area_total_km2 = 110.02 | area_rank = {{English district area rank|GSS=E07000066}} (of {{English district total}}) | population_total = {{English district population|GSS=E07000066}} | population_as_of = {{English statistics year}} | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = {{English district rank|GSS=E07000066}} (of {{English district total}})  | demographics_type1 = Ethnicity (2021) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis">{{NOMIS2021|id=E07000066|title=Basildon Local Authority|access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref> | demographics1_title1 = Ethnic groups | demographics1_info1 = {{Collapsible list | 87.5% White | 4.8% Black | 4.3% Asian | 2.6% Mixed | 0.9% other }}  | demographics_type2 = Religion (2021) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis"/> | demographics2_title1 = Religion | demographics2_info1 = {{Collapsible list | 46.5% Christianity | 44.1% no religion | 7.6% other | 1.8% Islam }} | timezone = GMT | utc_offset = 0 | timezone_DST = BST | utc_offset_DST = +1 |coordinates= {{coord|51.5705|0.4545|type:adm3rd_dim:15000_region:GB-ESS|display=inline, title}}

| blank1_name = GSS code | blank2_name = OS grid reference

| blank1_info = E07000066 | blank2_info = {{gbmappingsmall|TQ735895}} }}

The '''Borough of Basildon''' is a local government district with borough status in Essex, England. It is named after its largest town, Basildon, where the council is based. The borough also includes the towns of Billericay and Wickford, and surrounding rural areas.

The borough borders the City of Chelmsford to the north, the Borough of Brentwood to the west, the Thurrock unitary authority area to the south, the Borough of Castle Point to the south-east, and Rochford District to the north-east.

==History== Billericay Urban District was created in 1934.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billericay Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10108135 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=18 March 2024}}</ref> In 1955, it was renamed Basildon Urban District<ref>{{cite web |title=Basildon Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10055003 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> to reflect the growth of Basildon, which had been designated a new town in 1949.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38507 |date=7 January 1949 |page=145}}</ref>

Urban districts were abolished on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. On this date, a new non-metropolitan district called Basildon was created, covering the whole area of the former Basildon Urban District plus the small part of the neighbouring Thurrock Urban District which fell within the designated area for Basildon New Town.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Basildon applied to become a unitary authority but this was declined. The government asserted that the divergent interests of the three main towns meant any change to the status quo should involve splitting the borough; with Billericay and Wickford joining the districts of Brentwood and Rochford respectively.<ref>The Local Government Review in England Research Paper 95/84 House of Commons Library https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP95-84/RP95-84.pdf</ref><ref>The 1995 Review of 21 Districts in England: Overview Report - Local Government Commission for England</ref>

The district was awarded borough status in 2010, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of ''Mayor'', with Mo Larkin being appointed the first.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.basildon.gov.uk/website2/newsroom.nsf/APR/CCC4336CF850161A8025779F002EFDBE?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718062153/http://www2.basildon.gov.uk/website2/newsroom.nsf/APR/CCC4336CF850161A8025779F002EFDBE?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2011 |title=Basildon to get its first Mayor |publisher=Basildon District Council |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=15 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-11315875 |title=Basildon district becomes borough |work=BBC News |date=15 September 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011}}</ref>

Under upcoming local government reform plans the area of the district will be combined with existing Thurrock unitary authority to form a larger South West Essex unitary from 2028.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2026-03-25/hcws1455|title=Local Government Reorganisation Statement made on 25 March 2026|publisher=UK Parliament|accessdate=25 March 2026}}</ref>

==Governance== {{Infobox legislature | name = Basildon Borough Council | term_length = Third of council elected three years out of four | coa_pic = | coa_caption = | coa_res = 200px | coa_alt = | logo_pic = Basildon Borough Council.svg | logo_caption = | logo_res = 200px | logo_alt = | foundation = 1 April 1974 | house_type = Non-metropolitan district | new_session = | leader1_type = Mayor | leader1 = Sam Journet | party1 = Reform UK | election1 = 21 May 2026 | leader2_type = Leader | leader2 = Andy Barnes | party2 = Conservative | election2 = 21 May 2026<ref>{{cite web |title= Tory and Reform deal in place to run council |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r2zlgeq4do |website=BBC News |date=22 May 2026 |access-date=22 May 2026}}</ref> | leader3_type = Chief Executive | leader3 = Gavin Jones | party3 =  | election3 = 20 January 2025<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boakye |first1=Kwame |title=District appoints new chief |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/workforce/district-appoints-new-chief-5-25-10-2024/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=Local Government Chronicle |date=25 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 16 January 2025 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=9159 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> | seats = 42 councillors | structure1 = | structure1_res = 260 | structure1_alt = | political_groups1 = ;Administration (12) :{{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}| border=darkgray}} Conservative (12)}} ;Other parties (30) :{{Color box|{{party colour|Labour Party (UK)}}| border=darkgray}} Labour (12) : {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Reform UK}}|border=darkgray}} Reform UK (11)}} :{{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party colour|Independent politician}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (4)}} :{{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party colour|Wickford Independents}}|border=darkgray}} Wickford Ind. (3)}} | committees1 = | joint_committees = | voting_system1 = | last_election1 = 7 May 2026 | next_election1 = 2027 (TBD) | session_room = File:The Basildon Centre.jpg | session_res = | session_alt = | meeting_place = The Basildon Centre, St Martin's Square, Basildon, SS14{{nbsp}}1DL | website = {{URL|www.basildon.gov.uk/}} | constitution = | footnotes = | motto = }} thumb|Billericay, one of the towns in the borough thumb|Wickford, another town in the borough thumb|Ramsden Bellhouse, one of the villages in the borough

Basildon Borough Council provides district-level services, while County-level services are provided by Essex County Council. Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.<ref>{{cite legislation UK |type=act|act=Local Government Act 1972|year=1972|chapter=70|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

===Political control=== The council has been under no overall control since the 2024 election<ref>{{cite news |title=Basildon Election Result |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/england/councils/E07000066 |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>, with Conservatives and Labour the joint largest parties since the 2026 election.<ref>{{cite web |title= Basildon election results - Local Elections 2026 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2026/england/councils/E07000066 |website=BBC News |access-date=22 May 2026}}</ref> The council is run by a minority Conservative administration.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<ref name=compositions>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=21 May 2025 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (note: type "Basildon" in search box to see specific results)</ref><ref name=change>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/22ub.stm |title=Basildon |access-date=17 Mar 2010 |work=BBC News |date=19 April 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- !colspan="2"|Party in control!!Years |- | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1974–1976 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1976–1982 |- | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1982–1987 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1987–1990 |- | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1990–1991 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1991–1992 |- | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1992–1994 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1994–1996 |- | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1996–2000 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2000–2003 |- | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2003–2014 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2014–2018 |- | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2018–2019 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2019–2021 |- | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2021–2024 |- | {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 2024–present |- |}

===Leadership=== The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Basildon. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1996 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Basildon Council Leaders and Deputy Leaders 1965–2017 |url=https://www.basildon.com/history/basildon/bcl.html |website=Basildon History |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable ! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To |- | John Potter || {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|1996 || align=right|May 2002 |- | Nigel Smith<ref>{{cite news |title=Basildon: Nigel is appointed leader |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5469629.basildon-nigel-is-appointed-leader/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=Daily Gazette / Essex County Standard |date=17 May 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Basildon: Labour throw in the towel |url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5462953.basildon-labour-throw-in-the-towel/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=Daily Gazette / Essex County Standard |date=17 October 2002}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|May 2002 || align=right|Oct 2002 |- | Malcolm Buckley<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berrill |first1=Lewis |title=Basildon: Councillor Malcolm Buckley set to retire |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/20022503.basildon-councillor-malcolm-buckley-set-retire/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=Basildon Echo |date=25 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaudry |first1=Adam |title=Malcolm reflects on his time in politics |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/4387580.malcolm-reflects-on-his-time-in-politics/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=Basildon Echo |date=22 May 2009}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|Nov 2002 || align=right|21 May 2009 |- | Tony Ball<ref>{{cite web |title=Cllr Tony Ball |url=https://lga.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=351 |website=Local Government Association |access-date=30 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Elections 2014 Essex: Conservatives lose control of four councils |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-27511103 |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=BBC News |date=30 May 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|21 May 2009 || align=right|May 2014 |- | Phil Turner<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 12 June 2014 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=4828 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|12 Jun 2014 || align=right|25 May 2017 |- | Gavin Callaghan<ref name=leader/><ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 25 May 2017 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=6105 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 25 May 2017 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=5801 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}} (Minute 255, enclosure 2)</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|25 May 2017 || align=right|May 2018 |- | Andrew Baggott<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 24 May 2018 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=6167 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|24 May 2018 || align=right|May 2019 |- | Gavin Callaghan<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2019 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=6440 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref><ref name=leader>{{cite web |title=Leader of Basildon Council |url=https://www.basildon.gov.uk/article/10019/Leader-of-Basildon-Council |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|23 May 2019 || align=right|May 2021 |- | Andrew Baggott<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 27 May 2021 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=6762 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}} (Minutes 332, Enclosure 2)</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Penna |first1=Dominic |title=Tories 'should never have got rid of Boris', says ousted council leader |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/03/tories-never-should-have-got-rid-boris-johnson/ |access-date=30 May 2025 |work=The Telegraph |date=3 May 2024}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|27 May 2021 || align=right|May 2024 |- | Gavin Callaghan<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 23 May 2024 |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=216&MId=7752 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> || {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || align=right|23 May 2024 || align=right|May 2026 |- | Andy Barnes || {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|21 May 2026 || align=right| |}

===Composition=== Following the 2026 election, the composition of the council was:<ref>{{cite web |title= Basildon election results - Local Elections 2026 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2026/england/councils/E07000066 |website=BBC News |access-date=22 May 2026}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2| Party ! Councillors |- | {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} | align=center|12 |- | {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} | align=center|12 |- | {{Party name with colour|Reform UK}} | align=center|11 |- | {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}} | align=center|4 |- | {{Party name with colour|Wickford Independents|full=yes}} | align=center|3 |- ! colspan=2|Total ! align=center|42 |}

The 4 independent councillors sit together as the Independent Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Your Councillors by Political Grouping |url=https://www.basildonmeetings.info/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=GROUPING&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |website=Basildon Council |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> The next election is due in May 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=Basildon |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/councils/?council=basildon |website=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |access-date=22 May 2026}}</ref>

===Premises=== The council has its headquarters at the Basildon Centre on St Martin's Square in Basildon Town Centre. The building was purpose-built for the council in 1989, at a cost of £17.5 million. It was formally opened on 14 November 1989 by Jack Cunningham, the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. The building also contains the town's library.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Behringer |first1=Kim |title=MP praises new centre |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search-newspapers |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=Billericay Gazette |date=24 November 1989 |page=3}}</ref>

==Elections== {{also|Basildon Borough Council elections}} Since the last boundary changes in 2024, the council has comprised 42 councillors representing 14 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held in three out of every four years, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.

Essex County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Basildon (Electoral Changes) Order 2023|year=2024|number=731|access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>

==Towns and parishes== thumb|Basildon population pyramid

There are nine civil parishes in the borough. The town of Basildon itself is an unparished area, as is a small area west of Wickford.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref> The parish councils for Billericay and Wickford are styled "town councils", whilst that for Great Burstead and South Green is styled a "village council". The civil parishes are:<ref>{{cite web |title=Borough Town, Parish and Village Councils |url=https://www.basildon.gov.uk/article/520/Borough-Town-Parish-and-Village-Councils |website=Basildon Council |access-date=1 June 2023}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Billericay * Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet * Great Burstead and South Green * Little Burstead * Noak Bridge * Ramsden Bellhouse * Ramsden Crays * Shotgate * Wickford {{div col end}}

==Geography== right|thumb|300px|Constituencies within the Basildon district. Blue: Billericay and Basildon Red: Basildon South and Thurrock East Green: Rayleigh and Wickford

The district has three main urban areas: Basildon, Billericay and Wickford. Proposals to move Billericay and Wickford to other districts, leaving Basildon district more focused on the new town, were considered in the 1990s, but were rejected.<ref name=cooksey>LGCE.''Final Recommendations on the Future Local Government of: Basildon & Thurrock; Blackburn & Blackpool; Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe; Dartford & Gravesham; Gillingham & Rochester Upon Medway; Exeter; Gloucester; Halton & Warrington; Huntingdonshire & Peterborough; Northampton; Norwich; Spelthorne; and the Wrekin.'' December 1995.</ref>

The new town of Basildon grew to absorb four earlier settlements: Laindon, Basildon, Vange and Pitsea (from west to east) which have merged with other minor hamlets.

The remaining land, approximately half of the district is designated as green belt, has several sites of special scientific interest: two are around Billericay and the remainder are to the south of Basildon New Town. There are also wildlife areas of varying sizes around most of the district, except in the east.

The source of the River Crouch is in the district; it runs across the district, through Wickford before it leaves the district.

In the west of the Basildon district, the Dunton Plotlands is an area of small plots of land used as weekend cottages or smallholdings inhabited during the mid-20th century.

=== List of settlements === It contains the towns of:

* Basildon (the administrative headquarters) ** Laindon ** Langdon Hills ** Pitsea ** Vange * Billericay * Wickford.

Villages within the district are: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Bowers Gifford * Crays Hill * Dunton Wayletts * Great Berry * Great Burstead * Havering's Grove (part) * Little Burstead * Nevendon * North Benfleet * Ramsden Bellhouse * Shotgate. {{div col end}}

==Regeneration plans== Basildon District is a prosperous business location and has in recent years seen significant inward investment and jobs growth. There are major developments planned estimated to total nearly £2 billion; these include:

* The regeneration of Basildon, Wickford, Pitsea and Laindon town centres * A new sporting village and improvements to playing pitches and sports facilities throughout the district, including an Olympic (50m) size swimming pool * The creation of a health and education research centre, near Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital and further education college * Investment in the Basildon Enterprise Corridor, the largest business area in the Thames Gateway outside London. It is home to 45,000 jobs and over 5,000 businesses, including Ford, Selex, Visteon, Case New Holland, First Data Europe, International Financial Services Limited, RBS and Starbucks * The creation of one of the largest wetland nature reserves in Europe in the Thames Marshes by the RSPB, Land Restoration Trust, Basildon District Council and Veolia * A strategic review of the district's housing, with investment in housing estates such as Craylands, Five Links and Felmores to create first class places to live.

Co-ordinating and promoting this programme of investment is the Basildon Renaissance Partnership, which was set up in 2003 by Basildon District Council. Its partners also include the East of England Development Agency, English Partnerships, Essex County Council and the Thames Gateway South Essex Partnership, with support from the Department for Communities and Local Government.

It was reported that the council had decided to sell a plot of land it bought for £1 million for £1 in order to build a four-star hotel. The Conservative leader described the sale as "doomed to failure".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-47172198 |title=Basildon Council to sell land it bought for £1m for £1 |work=BBC News |date=8 February 2019 |access-date=12 February 2019}}</ref>

==Transport== ===Railway=== The district is connected to London and Southend via two railway lines: * London, Tilbury & Southend line - c2c operates services on this line from {{rws|Basildon}}, {{rws|Laindon}} and {{rws|Pitsea}}<ref>{{cite web |work=c2c |title=Timetable |date=14 December 2025 |access-date=17 January 2026 |url=https://www.c2c-online.co.uk/timetable/}}</ref> * Shenfield to Southend Line - Greater Anglia provides services from {{rws|Billericay}} and {{rws|Wickford}}; the Crouch Valley Line to {{rws|Southminster}} diverges from the Shenfield to Southend line at Wickford.<ref>{{cite web |work=Greater Anglia |title=Timetables |date=14 December 2025 |access-date=17 January 2026 |url=https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/timetables}}</ref>

===Buses=== The area is served primarily by First Essex, along with NIBS Buses and Ensignbus; they operate routes throughout the borough, to Brentwood, Chelmsford, Southend, Grays, Lakeside shopping centre and Upminster.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bustimes.org/localities/basildon |title=Basildon bus services |website=Bustimes.org |access-date=17 January 2026}}</ref>

===Roads=== Four primary routes run within the district: * A13 - goes through the south-east at Pitsea * A127 - passes through its centre * A129 - the major road link between Billericay and Wickford, which are linked via A-roads to the urban area of Basildon, Pitsea and Laindon by the A176 and the A132 respectively * A130 - connects the district with Chelmsford.

The A13 and A127 both connect the district with Greater London and Southend-on-Sea. In Bowers Gifford, at a terminus of the A13's primary status, there is a junction with the beginning of primary status for the A130, which runs along a small section of the western boundary of the district.

==Freedom of the borough== The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Basildon.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.basildon.gov.uk/article/3938/Freedom-of-the-Borough?contactid=3046|title=Freedom of the Borough - Basildon |website=Basildon.gov.uk |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> {{Incomplete list|date=September 2019}}

===Individuals=== * Max Whitlock: February 2016 * Stuart Bingham: February 2016 * Trudi Westmore-Cox: September 2019<ref name=":0" /> * Donald Sheppard: September 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.yellowad.co.uk/basildon-war-hero-and-hospice-founder-awarded-freedom-of-the-borough/ |title=Basildon war hero and hospice founder awarded Freedom of the Borough|last=Thomson|first=Charles|date=25 November 2019 |website=Yellow Advertiser |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>

===Military units=== * The Royal Anglian Regiment: April 2011.

===Organisations and groups=== * Basildon & Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group: 27 May 2021 * Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: 27 May 2021 * North East London NHS Foundation Trust: 27 May 2021 * Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust: 27 May 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yellowad.co.uk/freedom-of-entry-to-the-borough-status-awarded-to-basildons-nhs-heroes/ |title=Freedom of Entry to the borough status awarded to Basildon's NHS heroes |last=Ferris |first=Mick |date=28 May 2021 |website=Yellow Advertiser |access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref> * East of England Ambulance Service NHS trust: 23 October 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19667813.east-england-ambulance-service-given-freedom-basildon/ |title=East of England Ambulance service given freedom of Basildon |last=Emes |first=Toby |date=23 October 2021 |website=The Basildon Canvey Southend Echo |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://basildon.gov.uk/ Basildon District website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003558/http://www.basildonrenaissance.co.uk/ Basildon Renaissance Partnership] * [http://www.basildonheritage.org.uk/ Basildon Heritage] * [http://basildonhistory.wix.com/essex Basildon Borough History]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basildon, Borough of}} Category:Borough of Basildon Category:Non-metropolitan districts of Essex Category:Boroughs in England Category:1974 establishments in England