Cascade Ice Rink
Langdon Visitor Centre and Nature Reserve
Motorboat Museum
Vange Marshes Nature Reserve
Wat Tyler Country Park
Wat Tyler Country Park, on the southeast edge of Basildon, has new hides overlooking a productive scrape and is close to a rubbish tip which always attracts gulls. Bearded Tits breed in expanses of reed and scarcer species have been observed, includi...

Vange Marshes Nature Reserve is a mosaic of wetland habitats. Fresh and saltwater lagoons attract breeding avocets, common terns, little ringed plovers lapwings and reed buntings. In winter, wigeons, teals and shovelers visit the site and bearded tit...

Langdon visitor centre is set in a stunning nature reserve of 461 acres which comprises of woodland, meadows, lakes and former plotland gardens. A beautiful wildlife garden is situated directly behind the visitor centre (sorry dogs are not permitted...