Canvey Island
Canvey Island is covered by postcode districts SS8 and SS17. It is mostly in the Castle Point council area: 894 of its 902 postcodes. The others are in Thurrock. 894 are in Essex. ONS lists no county for the other 8.
Every postcode in Canvey Island, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 11
- At medium risk at worst: 1
- At low risk at worst: 2
- At very low risk only: 873
- Not on the at-risk list: 15
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 902 postcodes in Canvey Island that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 2 are at low risk at worst, 873 are at very low risk only and 15 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5218, longitude 0.5890. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SS8 7TJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Canvey Island?
Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 703 of the 888 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 71 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 887 of its 902 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Benfleet, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Canvey Island?
Homes in Canvey Island sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 411 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £350,000 211 sales
- Semi-detached £320,000 132 sales
- Terraced £300,000 56 sales
- Flat or maisonette £218,500 12 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Canvey Island: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Canvey Island?
23 of the 902 postcodes now in use in Canvey Island came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 536 homes sold in Canvey Island were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Canvey Island |
|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 411 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 10 of 536 (2%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Canvey Island?
Ofcom reports on 888 of the 902 postcodes in Canvey Island. At 703 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Canvey Island at risk of flooding?
887 of the 902 postcodes in Canvey Island have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 71 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Canvey Island?
The open schools at the postcodes in Canvey Island (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery150 m 200 pupils, 211 places
- William Read Primary Academy850 m 189 pupils, 390 places
- St Katherine's Church of England Primary School1.0 km 213 pupils, 240 places
- Winter Gardens Academy1.0 km 411 pupils, 480 places
- Lubbins Park Primary Academy1.2 km 211 pupils, 210 places
- Canvey Island Infant School and Nursery1.2 km 216 pupils, 210 places
- Canvey Primary School and Nursery1.2 km 239 pupils, 450 places
- Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy1.6 km 644 pupils, 630 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Canvey Island?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Canvey Island is Benfleet Rail Station, 3.1 km away in a straight line.
- Benfleet Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle
- Leigh-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
- Chalkwell Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Canvey Island?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Canvey Island, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Oaklands Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 209339 200 mWalk
- The Community Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 686160 200 mWalk
- The Island Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 686190 200 mWalk
- Ghauri Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 682303 1.3 kmCycle
- Third Avenue Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 683758 1.6 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Canvey Island safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,576 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Canvey Island over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 195 September 2025
- 194 October 2025
- 193 November 2025
- 208 December 2025
- 184 January 2026
- 201 February 2026
- 231 March 2026
- 240 April 2026
- 219 May 2026
- 239 June 2026
- 259 July 2026
- 213 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 66, other crime 54, possession of weapons 26, robbery 17, bicycle theft 15, theft from the person 9.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Canvey Island?
- Councils
- Castle Point (894) and Thurrock (8)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Castle Point (894) and South Basildon and East Thurrock (8)
- Police force area
- Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Canvey Island
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Canvey Island is in Castle Point; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Castle Point about council tax Council tax, on castlepoint.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Canvey Island
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Canvey Island postcodes
902 postcodes in use in Canvey Island, by district:
Those districts are all in the SS postcode area.
Check a Canvey Island postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
Do not know the postcode? What is my postcode?
Places near Canvey Island
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Canvey Island's £325,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Canvey Island
- What is it like to live in Canvey Island?
- Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 703 of the 888 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 71 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 887 of its 902 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Benfleet, 3.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Canvey Island?
- Canvey Island is covered by postcode districts SS8 and SS17, across 902 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Canvey Island?
- Homes in Canvey Island sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 411 sales, up 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Canvey Island?
- In Canvey Island, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, William Read Primary Academy and St Katherine's Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Castle View School, Athena School and The Cornelius Vermuyden School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Canvey Island have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Canvey Island is Benfleet, 3.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Canvey Island?
- Ofcom reports on 888 of the 902 postcodes in Canvey Island. At 703 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Canvey Island at risk of flooding?
- 887 of the 902 postcodes in Canvey Island have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 71 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Canvey Island?
- 23 of the 902 postcodes now in use in Canvey Island came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 536 homes sold in Canvey Island were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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