Pitsea War Memorial at the Station Lane junction with the High Road is moved to Howard Park. It was unveiled in November 1928 to the memory of the men from Pitsea and Bowers Gifford who fell in the Great War.

Laindon Industrial Estate off Durham Road reaches completion. The estate, covering Wrexham Road, Denbigh Road and a section of the south side of Durham Road, was the first to be completed in Laindon by the development corporation and soon attracted many businesses, some already established within the Laindon area. J.H. Rawley plant hire were one of the first to move in along with Jeakins Removals, T.E. Collins ironmonger business and R.A. Turner, who had operated a scrap metal yard in Durham Road behind the Greens Stores building for many years.

25th January

The Salvation Army hall in Kingswood, Basildon opened. The new centre, located in Fauners off Cherrydown, was built at a cost of around £25,000 and included an officers' quarters and a large lounge with television. At the opening ceremony builder Mr. J. Wiggins cut the tape aided by George and Amy Mansfield who helped run the old S.A. Laindon hall in Northumberland Avenue. Among others present were Council Chairman, Terry Chapman, Rural Dean, Rev. Arthur Dunlop and the Hadleigh Salvation Army Band.

3rd February

The Radion cinema (formerly Laindon Picture Theatre) at High Road, Laindon closes. The final film is the thriller 'Wait until dark' starring Audrey Hepburn. The building, which was situated on the left corner of New Century Road and owned by former chairman of Basildon Council Bert Phelps, was then used for Bingo sessions before being demolished during 1969 as part of a road widening project that saw the creation of two roundabouts and a length of duel carriageway between Laindon Link and St. Nicholas Lane.

19th February

The new Pitsea Market opens. Situated on the southern side of the High Road, the new 172 stall market, housed in four 30ft high domes marked A to D, replaces the original market site which was required to allow the new South Mayne A132 feeder road to link with Pitsea. The Wednesday and Saturday market was initially held solely within the domes until permission was given to allow traditional outdoor stalls to be used as well. The move to the new site was a temporary one which lasted until January 1978 when the market moved again, this time to Northlands Pavement at the rear of the Railway public house and Broadway North shops. A further move, in 2014, saw it resited on the former Railway public house, demolished the previous year.

March

Tenants begin moving in to newly completed properties on the Fryerns XI estate at Craylands. The 500+ home estate, combining two, three and four bedroomed houses and ground floor/upper floor maisonettes and flats, was built in two phases by contractors J.E. Lesser Ltd on behalf of Basildon Urban District Council. The layout consists of a series of short cul-de-sacs off two main feeder roads; these being Craylands and Lincoln Road. The street names, with the exception of Craylands, are derived from English cathedrals and include Chichester Close, Exeter Close, Hereford Walk, The Lichfields, Lincoln Road, Norwich Walk, Peterborough Way, Rochester Way, Southwark Path and Wells Gardens. Phase II, which consisted of 205 houses and 57 garages, was completed by the end of 1970. The estate is commonly referred to as Craylands, after the former Craylands Farm that occupied land on which the estate was constructed. In the 1970s additional properties were built at Canterbury Close and Chester Way.

24th March

Whife and Sloper milk delivery business partnership incorporated. The new business, based at Markhams Chase, Laindon, was formed following a merger between W.J. Sloper & Son, formerly of High Road, Laindon, and A.T. Whife & Sons of Hazeldene, Markhams Chase. Both company's had a long history of serving the area that dated back, in the case of Whife, to the 1930s, and Sloper, to the mid-late 1900s. In 1979 the business took over Firman's Dairies of Langdon Hills customer base but eventually closed in 2003. Two semi-detached houses now occupy their former dairy and milk float yard.

9th September

Fairview School in Fairview Road, Basildon opened. Located in the Barstable area of Basildon the special needs school caters for children from infant to senior age with learning disabilities. The initial intake admitted 14 children from ages six years to 13 years. The school survived to 1999 when it was replaced by a pupil referral unit and is now known as Fairview Children's Support Service Centre.

29th September

The Evening Echo newspaper launched. Covering daily news stories from the Southend, Canvey Island, Rayleigh and Basildon areas of Essex, the 'Echo', initially available in broadsheet, switched to tabloid size in 1984, and has continued to provide local news right up to the present. The paper is produced at owners John H. Burrows & Sons purpose built printing works at Newspaper House, Chester Hall Lane, Basildon. In the 1990s a Basildon edition became available, which from 29th November 2004 had become 'Basildon Echo' having lost its evening prefix as a result of being sold earlier in the day. From June 12th, 2006 its front banner changed again, this time to Echo, though from 17th May, 2010 the word Basildon in small light black capital letters returned and the paper now includes news from the Thurrock district. From 10/08/2009 its tabloid size was slightly reduced. The Echo, which is now published by Newsquest Essex, also launched its own website in the 2000s offering on-line news stories and an archive as well as many other interactive features.

December

The first shops at the new Laindon Shopping Centre begin opening. The complex would later include a public house, and also house the local library until the early 2000s.