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Gro-Rite Horticulture — Basildon, Essex

🕐 Opening Hours

Monday	9:00 – 17:00
Tuesday	9:00 – 17:00
Wednesday	9:00 – 17:00
Thursday	9:00 – 17:00
Friday	9:00 – 17:00
Saturday	10:00 – 14:30
Sunday	Closed

Closed Sundays; Saturday is a short day. Hours may vary — call to check stock before travelling.
Hours may vary on bank holidays — always verify before visiting.

🌿 What’s Here

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Horticultural supplies
Growing equipment, nutrients, media and sundries — a specialist supplier rather than a plant retailer.

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Mail order
Orders despatched quickly, with customers as far as Yorkshire ordering regularly.

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Communication when things go wrong
The recurring theme: when an item was out of stock, the customer was called, given clear options and kept updated until it arrived.

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Pricing & stock
Reviewers rate both the breadth of stock and the prices.

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Trade and retail
Used by both trade customers and home growers.

⭐ What Visitors Say

Why there is no theme breakdown on this page

This business has 15 public Google reviews — too few to summarise fairly.

On larger listings we break down the themes visitors mention most, with the relative weight of each. Doing that here would give a handful of opinions the appearance of a pattern, and we would rather leave the section out than manufacture one.

Everything else on this page — address, contact details, opening hours, facilities and location — has been checked in the same way as every other listing in this directory. A small review count is not a reflection on the business. Small independents are often simply less reviewed than the chains.

📍 Getting Here

🚆 By Rail
Basildon and Pitsea stations are both on the c2c line, a short drive from the Burnt Mills estate.

🚌 By Bus
Served from Basildon town centre and Pitsea.

🚗 By Car
On Thomasin Road on the Burnt Mills industrial estate at Basildon. Parking on site.

🚲 By Bike
Straightforward from Basildon or Pitsea on local roads.

Coordinates: 51.5842774, 0.5150086 · Open in Google Maps ↗

🗺 Nearby Garden Centres

Other garden centres from our Essex listings. Distances are straight-line estimates; drive times will be longer.

Garden Centre	Area	Distance	Rating	Reviews	Notable For
Alton Garden Centre	Wickford	~2 km E	4.1 ★	842	Long-established, A127
Summerhill	Billericay	~4 km W	4.4 ★	1,305	Christmas display, aquatics
Elms Nursery	Crays Hill	~4 km W	4.6 ★	264	Tea room, lizard house
Woodside Garden Centre	Rayleigh	~4 km E	4.3 ★	114	Extra-large pots

All centres listed on allgardencentres.co.uk. Ratings from Google Maps public data, September 2026.

📊 How It Compares Locally

Benchmarked against 65 Essex garden centres tracked on this site (September 2026 data).

A horticultural supplies specialist on Thomasin Road in Basildon — growing equipment, nutrients and sundries — with a 4.9 rating built almost entirely on how they handle problems. (this listing)

4.9 ★

Essex average (65 centres)

4.45 ★

Highest in dataset

5 ★

A horticultural supplies specialist on Thomasin Road in Basildon — growing equipment, nutrients and sundries — with a 4.9 rating built almost entirely on how they handle problems. rates above the Essex average (4.9 vs 4.45 ★ county mean).

65 Essex garden centres tracked on allgardencentres.co.uk. All Google public rating data, September 2026.

☑️ Before You Go

This is a horticultural supplies specialist, not a plant nursery — set expectations accordingly.
Closed Sundays, and Saturday closes at 14:30.
Mail order is well used and despatch is fast.
Ring ahead for specific items; reviewers report being called proactively when something was out of stock.
It is on an industrial estate, not a retail park.

🔍 Data & Source Confidence

✅ Business name confirmed

✅ Full address present

✅ Phone number verified

✅ Official website linked

✅ Google rating (public data)

✅ Opening hours sourced

✅ GPS coordinates verified

⚠️ Owner not yet claimed

Rating data: Sourced from Google Maps public listing, September 2026. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. Review themes are editorial summaries drawn from a sample of recent public reviews — not verbatim quotes from any reviewer.
Opening hours: Sourced from Google Business Profile at time of collection. Hours can change — always verify before visiting, especially on bank holidays.
Distances: Straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) estimates using GPS coordinates. Actual driving distance will be greater.

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