Lake Meadows | |
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Location | Billericay, Essex |
Area | 40 acres |
Open | All year |
Lake Meadows is a park in Billericay, Essex, England. It is the site of many local events, including Billericay Fireworks and small-scale concerts. [1] The Billericay fireworks are the largest firework display in Essex. [2] As a concert venue, Lake Meadows has a capacity of 5,000.
There is 40 acres of parkland, fishing lakes and golf apparatus [3] as well as a cafe, which is open from April to October.
The Friends of Lake Meadows are a voluntary organisation working with Basildon Council, Billericay Town Council and the Billericay community to promote public interest in the mark and help maintain it.
Billericay is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. It lies within the London Basin and constitutes a commuter town 25 miles east of Central London. The town has two secondary schools and a variety of open spaces. It is thought to have been occupied since the Bronze Age.
The Borough of Basildon is a local government district in south Essex in the East of England, centred on the large town of Basildon. It was formed as the Basildon District on 1 April 1974 from the former area of Basildon Urban District and the part of Thurrock Urban District that was within the Basildon New Town. The population of the district as of 2010 is about 172,000. The local authority is Basildon Borough Council. The council made an application for borough status in February 2010 and this was given approval that year, with Mo Larkin becoming the first mayor in October.
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Coordinates: 51°38′02″N0°25′01″E / 51.634°N 0.417°E