Barleylands Farm (opens new window) is a unique farm based attraction in a countryside location. Home to the Craft Village, Miniature Steam Railway, Farm Centre, and a bimonthly Farmers Market.
Barleylands is also the venue for the Essex Steam and Country Show along with other activities and interests throughout the year.
Battlesbridge Antique Centre - Battlesbridge
Battlesbridge Antique Centre is made up of five main buildings, including The Old Granary, on the banks of the River Crouch, and the Haybarn, which became the first provincial centre in the country.
The land in front of the centre was originally known as Bones Meadow and an early occupant was arrested and fined by the Manor Court for concealing contraband liquor in a false loft!
Opened in 1960 in Billericay's busy High Street, the privately owned museum is laid out in room settings including a Victorian sitting room and bedroom. Well worth a visit.
Cats Cradle Pussiwillow III Clock in Basildon's Eastgate Shopping Centre
The Cats Cradle Pussiwillow III Clock was commissioned by Basildon New Town from Rowland Emett in 1981. (The designer of the car in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
The Clock becomes animated on every quarter hour, with a full display of rotating and spinning taking place each hour.
The Mother and Child statue by Maurice Lambert, was commissioned in 1959 to symbolise the growth of the New Town - which stands today in Basildon's Town Square.
The sculpture took a year to create and cost £4,000!
Noak Bridge Nature Reserve - Basildon
A small reserve with a number of distinct habitats. Open, grassy rides contrast with scrubby thickets and young woodlands.
Norsey Wood has 175 acres of ancient coppiced sweet chestnut, oak and hornbeam woodland.
Its association with 400 years of history and the richness of its wildlife make this site unique. Norsey Wood has been designated an ancient monument and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Plotlands Museum - Laindon
Between the two World Wars, many parts of Basildon were sold to Londoners seeking a week-end retreat in the country. The Haven - home to the Mills family has been retained as a typical Plotland bungalow. Built in the mid 1930s by Frederick Mills, it was the family home for over 40 years.
The Haven, The Mile Long Plotland Trail and Dunton Hills are a part of the Langdon Nature Reserve which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
St. Martins Bell Tower - St Martins Square, Basildon
A unique free-standing facetted glass and steel tower from the original concept by Douglas Galloway RIBO, comprising over 300sq metre glass as a project to mark the new millennium. Opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 12th March 1999.
The tower is an 85-foot octagonal spire of neo-gothic design. It houses six historic bells from the redundant church of St. Nicholas in Colchester, together with two new bells.
The Tenor bell was cast in 1441, and was the first bell ever to be cast by a woman (Joanne Hille).
Work on the tower started in 1998, with a ceremony at which the ground for the foundations was dug open by Sir Stirling Moss OBE in 1998.
Wat Tyler Country Park - Pitsea
Located on the Thames Estuary Marshes, Wat Tyler Country Park has over 120 acres of Thorn Woodlands, Adventure Play Areas, Craft Units Miniature Rails, Cafe and Education Centre.
The park also is also rich in plant and animal life which includes a number of local and nationally rare species.
