Noak Bridge is a rare example of a post-war, social housing estate that has been designated a Conservation Area. First planned in the 1970s as part of Basildon new town, Noak Bridge was separated from the rest of the town and it was decided that it should have the traditional character of an English village. The project architects were Maurice Naunton and George Garrard. Construction began in 1979 and within 3 years almost 400 rented dwellings had been built, including bungalows and sheltered housing, as well as a school, surgery, and shops. In terms of urban design, it as an early example of successful "place-making".
Another simple cache, waiting to be found. There was a Cache is in this location for 7 years until it was achieved in 2022 as was presumed missing. Having been scoping locations for the Wander around Noakes Bridge, I found the original cache still in situ so decided it had to form part of this trail.
If doing as a park, cache & dash, On street parking available across the village. you will need to park in a residential road and walk to cache GZ.
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Historically I haven't been a great Cache Owner but having got back into Geocaching last year I decided to try again and will do my best to be better. I am only hiding caches that I would like to find and will not hide nano’s. I will only use locations I have daily access to for maintenance purposes. Any problems with my caches, please write note or message me.