Free and paid half-term activities & camps in and around Basildon (October 2025)

Festival Leisure Park's Nando's closes over half-term | Start a new business - free local support this Thursday | New local jobs

New ward coming to Basildon Hospital | Latest apprenticeships & jobs | Electric buses (+ phone charging slots) live on Basildon routes

Look out for new recycling bags | 3 stores leaving Eastgate centre | Where to make new friends | Latest jobs in Basildon

Laindon Link roadworks coming | Toys R Us is returning... to the town centre | Where to make new friends | Latest jobs in Basildon

Lots of jobs including paper rounds from age 13+

❌£30 on the Basildon Council website, ✅ Free tomorrow | Free family fun events this weekend | Where to make new friends in Basildon

Lots of jobs including paper rounds from age 13+

Basildon Sporting Village swimming pool reopens | Dump your bulky waste for free | New apprenticeships/jobs | Get up to £400 from research

Local trades, register your interest for gov contracts | New apprenticeships/jobs | Emergency alert this Sunday

Road works update | 1-day pumpkin cutting vacancies tomorrow (16+) | Comedy night | Lots more jobs

Thanks for your donation to Essex & Herts Ambulance

Basildon's bank holiday weekend activity timetable

New bin collection dates next week | UK emergency alert test | Gaming van business for sale | New jobs