Basildon (district) - Definition and Overview

Basildon District
Shown within Essex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 234th 110.02 km²
Admin. HQ:	Basildon
ONS code:	22UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 90th 166,397 1,512 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.9% White 1.0% S.Asian
Politics
Basildon District Council http://www.basildon.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Angela Smith, John Baron

The Basildon district is a local govenment district in Essex, England.

It contains the towns of:

• Basildon (the administrative headquarters)
• Billericay
• Bowers Gifford
• Crays Hill
• Great Burstead
• Laindon
• Langdon Hills
• Little Burstead
• North Benfleet
• Pitsea
• Vange
• Wickford

Railway stations within the district:

• Basildon railway station
• Billericay railway station
• Laindon railway station
• Pitsea railway station
• Wickford railway station