Wickford
Sign in to saveWickford is a town and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It is located approximately east of London and north-east of the centre of Basildon. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 27,601 and the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 27,535.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wickford
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wickford
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wickford sign 1.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wickford town sign
- UK place.population
- 27,601
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Basildon
- UK place.shire_county
- Essex
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- UK place.post_town
- WICKFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- SS11, SS12
- UK place.postcode_area
- SS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01268
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ746932
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Naturism
- Second World War
- 1958 flood
- Regeneration
- Geography
- Wick Country Park
- Transport
- Railway
- Buses
- Roads
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Media
- Notable people
- Listed buildings
- References
- External links
Wickford is a town and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It is located approximately east of London and north-east of the centre of Basildon. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 27,601 and the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 27,535.
Wickford has a main high street which includes a wide range of shops. It also has a swimming pool, library, open-air market and a community centre within the vicinity of the town centre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wickford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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