Basildon has many fantastic local archive groups and individuals who do an amazing job of preserving and commemorating our local history, below are to name a few:
Basildon Heritage, Laindon District and Community Archive, Wickford Community Archive,  Billericay Community Archive, Basildon History, Basildon Borough History Society.

Facebook too is host to various groups allowing individuals to share local memories such as:
Basildon Memories, Basildon, Then, New and Future, Basildon Heritage ,  Laindon/Langdon Hills memories , Pitsea memories , Wickford Community Archive

The Heritage component of the project has been led by members of Basildon Borough Heritage and Basildon History Group while also collaborating with other individuals who have suggested pieces of heritage past or present which has included everything from buildings, monuments and public art. These suggested pieces have also become part of a local list that was initiated by Basildon Heritage which you can view  here, this is ofcourse a working document.

The heritage side would not have been possible without Ken Porter and Jo Cullen from Basildon Heritage and James Nason from Basildon History Group. We would also like to thank many individuals who supported in various ways from suggesting pieces, sharing photographs, memories, offering thoughts/ideas on the visual as it developed or simply being involved. Thank you so much to Vin Harrop, Lisa Horner, Zelda Jeffers, Roy Davis, Christine Townley, Alan Cox, Matt Kirby, Dave Bourner, Denise Rowling, Eric Lamb, Wendy Bedwell, Tom King, Laura Whiting, Emma Palmer, Peter Hayden (Laindon Picture Theatre), Geraldine Evans (the old barge inn), Richard Feldwick (St Catherines Church, Wickford), Jane Richards (Basildon Holy Cross), Megan Mitchell (All Saints Church, Vange), Michael Hall (Great Burstead Church), Simon Law (St Peters Church, Nevendon), Chalvedon Hall, Cromwell Manor, Tony Quelch (The Forge, Dunton), The Chequers Billericay, The Shepherd + Dog, RamsdenCray, Graham Jones (The church at Gun Hill), Liz Keeble (Vange Primary School), John Seager (Tin Tabernacle, Bells Hill Vange), Dave Marshall (Manor Mission Church Manor Road Laindon), The Gun Inn, Daniel Kelly (St Basils Church), Colin Goodwin (Beehive/Colours), New Holland Tractor Plant (The Onion), Wendy Taylor, Maggie Viney (Basildon Community Resource Centre), Abigail Mills (Festival Leisure) Dean Chapple (Dave Chapple Sculptures), Roger Hobson (Basildon Bell Tower Captain), Shaun Beagle (Bas Sporting Village), Stephen Newman (Wickford War Memorial), Robert Koenig (After the uprising), Sarah Munton (St lukes Hospice) and others to be named soon.

Note: There were many pieces which were suggested, but unfortunately some were unable to be included in the final design due to photo quality, but we have included all below.

Audio Guided Tour
Though buildings, monuments, public art are important elements of our local history, heritage is fundamentally about the people. We will be working with some of the above collaborators and more to create a unique personal audio tour - with each person sharing a short history/description about a piece of heritage in the borough and on the design. The audio tour will be free to download via a QR code upon the screen, and viewers can listen to the audio tour while viewing the screen or take it away with them to explore the borough finding the pieces of heritage which still exist. Alternatively you can listen to the audio tour on this website here. We hope the screen and the tour will not just be a way to celebrate our past and present pieces of heritage but also inspire others to learn about the towns unique history. If you have a connection to a particular piece of heritage, and would be interested in sharing a story/history please do get in touch via radionproject@gmail.com