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Basildon Park, the West façade—the corps de logis and north and south flanking pavilions. Basildon Park is a country house situated 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Goring-on-Thames and Streatley in Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.
Langdon Nature Reserve (also described as Langdon Nature Discovery Park) [1] is a 210 hectare nature reserve west of Basildon in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust, [2] and forms part of the Langdon Ridge Site of Special Scientific Interest. [2] [3] This site has a wildlife garden, woodland, meadows and lakes.
The National Trust property of Basildon Park, built by John Carr of York between 1776 and 1783 for Sir Francis Sykes, one of the East India Company nabobs, is situated between Lower Basildon and Upper Basildon.
This is a list of National Trust properties in England, including any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of the National Trust in England. Bedfordshire [ edit ]
Basildon Grotto, or The Grotto House, is located 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the west of the village on the road to Streatley. The original Grotto was built in 1720 and consisted of a rock chamber filled with shells and a rock pool. This summer house was extended at the beginning of the 19th century by Arthur Smith MP to form a large mansion. [4]
Festival Leisure Park is a trading leisure park located in the north of Basildon and owned by Aviva. [52] The Festival Leisure Park, includes 15 restaurants, a bowling and arcade centre, a family and entertainment centre with play frame and dodgem car track, two hotels, a bar, a sixteen screen Cineworld cinema, two health clubs and a nightclub ...
On his return to England, Sykes purchased Ackworth Park in Yorkshire and Basildon Park in Berkshire. He was for many years the Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury, and then for Wallingford. He acquired a baronetcy in 1781. [2] Sir Francis lived in Basildon, although he died in 1804, before his
Earth Trust Centre: Little Wittenham: South Oxfordshire: Operated by Earth Trust, visitor and education centre, near the Wittenham Clumps: Holland Park Ecology Centre: Kensington and Chelsea: London: 22-hectare park (54 acres), programs include nature walks, talks, programs for schools and outdoor activity programs for children How Hill: Ludham ...