Vange | |
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The former Barge public house | |
Location within Essex | |
Population | 10,048 (ward, 2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | TQ725875 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BASILDON |
Postcode district | SS16 |
Dialling code | 01268 |
Police | Essex |
Fire | Essex |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Vange is a village in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England.[1] The village was first recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as having a population of 27.[1] The London Road (B1464) is the main road through Vange and used to be part of the A13 until it was bypassed in the 1970s. The population of the Vange ward within the Basildon Borough taken at the 2011 Census was 10,048.[2]
Until 1 January 1937, Vange was a civil parish; It had a population of 2,300 in 1931.[3][4]
Vange Hill Open Space is 30 acres (120,000 m2) of former plotlands lying next to Basildon golf course.
Vange Marshes is a wetland habitat.