Billericay

Billericay is a town in the United Kingdom. It is in the east of England in the county of Essex. It has a train station named Billericay railway station.

Geography

Billericay is a semi-rural (not like a city and not like the countryside but looks like a mixture of the two) town with many green spaces. Some green spaces are Norsey Wood, Mill Meadows Nature Reserve, Queen's Park Country Park, Sun Corner, Lake Meadows and South Green.

Towns near Billericay include:

• Basildon
• Brentwood
• Chelmsford
• Ingatestone
• Shenfield
• Wickford

Villages near Billericay include:

• Crays Hill
• Great Burstead
• Hutton
• Little Burstead
• Ramsden Bellhouse
• Ramsden Heath
• Stock

Education

There are two high schools. The names of the schools are Billericay School and Mayflower High School. The nearest university is named Anglia Ruskin University. Anglia Ruskin University is in a town near Billericay named Chelmsford.

Twin towns

Billericay is twinned with these:

• Billerica in the United States
• Chauvigny in France
• Fishers in the United States

Billericay Media

• St Mary Magdalen's Church, High Street, Billericay: 15th-century tower and Georgian main building behind.

• Norsey Woods, Billericay - geograph.org.uk - 48295.jpg

  Norsey Woods, Billericay. Burial mounds still exist in Norsey Woods evidencing its occupation in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Now, a recreation area managed by Basildon Council. A quite delightful place for a walk. *More information at www.norseywood.org.uk

• Old Town Hall, 94 High Street: Converted to a restaurant in 2000.

• Lake Meadows, Billericay - geograph.org.uk - 48246.jpg

  The Boating Lake at Lake Meadows

• Mill Meadows - Butchers Field - Cowslip - 20160411.jpg

  Cowslip Wild Flower - Butchers Field - Mill Meadows, *Billericay, Essex - 11 April 2016

• Billericay rural area during snowy weather, near Mill Meadows, in 2010.webm

  Billericay rural area overlaid with snow, during snowy weather, near Mill Meadows, near High Street

• Chantry Centre.jpg

  Chantry Centre: Town Council's headquarters

• Billericay Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 49506.jpg

  Billericay Cricket Club. They must be a very sporting lot in Billericay - this lane contains the town football club, tennis club and this magnificent cricket ground.

• Billericay Town F.C. Main Stand.jpg

  The clubhouse, main stand and The Cowshed at New Lodge, 2007

Other websites

• The Billericay School Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Mayflower High School Archived 2006-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
• The history of Billericay at Billericay.net Archived 2008-02-10 at the Wayback Machine