Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills
Langdon Hills
Langdon Hills shown within Essex
OS grid reference	TQ679875
District	Basildon
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BASILDON
Postcode district	SS16
Dialling code	01268
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
EU Parliament	East of England
UK Parliament	South Basildon and East Thurrock
List of places UK England Essex 51°33′42″N 0°25′17″E / 51.5618°N 0.4213°E / 51.5618; 0.4213Coordinates: 51°33′42″N 0°25′17″E / 51.5618°N 0.4213°E / 51.5618; 0.4213

Langdon Hills is a township located in the Basildon district of Essex, England. It is contiguous with the Basildon continuous urban area.

It is located south of Laindon railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It is the location of the 400-acre (1.6 km²) Langdon Hills Country Park, which is in the unitary authority of Thurrock. In 1767, Arthur Young commented on the view from Langdon Hills

North of the railway station and line, in Basildon district, is Laindon. Laindon and Langdon Hills are part of the Basildon post town.

Until its abolition in 1936, Langdon Hills was a civil parish, part of the Orsett Poor Law Union. In 1936, it became part of the Thurrock Urban District. The area covered by the traditional parish of Langdon Hills is in the Unitary Authority of Thurrock.

In 1931 it covered an area of 1,816 acres (7.35 km²) and had a population of 2,103. 100 years earlier, in 1831, the population was 224 and the area covered was 1,850 acres (7.5 km²).

The village has a church (St. Johns Church), two schools (Great Berry Primary School and Lincewood School). It has a nature reserve stretching down to Laindon. It also has a Tesco superstore in the village boundaries. Langdon Hills has a small village area as the new district of Great Berry is placed just north of Tesco.

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