Thundersley and South Benfleet
Thundersley and South Benfleet is covered by postcode districts SS6, SS7 and SS13. It is mostly in the Castle Point council area: 1,084 of its 1,085 postcodes. The other is in Basildon.
Every postcode in this place, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 6
- At medium risk at worst: 3
- At low risk at worst: 32
- At very low risk only: 14
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,030
Of the 1,085 postcodes in this place that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 32 are at low risk at worst, 14 are at very low risk only and 1,030 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. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5623, longitude 0.5772. 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.
What is it like to live in this place?
Homes sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 807 of the 1,059 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 24 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 55 of its 1,085 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Benfleet, 2.3 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 this place?
Homes in Thundersley and South Benfleet sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 605 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £395,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £395,000
■ no change on the 12 months before
Across the whole SS7 district, Thundersley and South Benfleet's main postcode district: a typical £400,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in this place: 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 this place?
25 of the 1,085 postcodes now in use in Thundersley and South Benfleet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 829 homes sold in Thundersley and South Benfleet were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS7 district, 3%.
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 this place | Across the SS7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 605 (Under 1%) | 1 of 601 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 5 of 829 (Under 1%) | 25 of 854 (3%) |
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 Thundersley and South Benfleet?
Ofcom reports on 1,059 of the 1,085 postcodes in Thundersley and South Benfleet. At 807 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Thundersley and South Benfleet at risk of flooding?
55 of the 1,085 postcodes in Thundersley and South Benfleet 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 24 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 this place?
The open schools at the postcodes in this place (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
- Thundersley Primary School750 m 423 pupils, 420 places
- Kingston Primary School800 m 210 pupils, 210 places
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School1.1 km 216 pupils, 232 places
- Cedar Hall School1.2 km 189 pupils, 156 places
- Kents Hill Infant Academy1.2 km 239 pupils, 238 places
- Kents Hill Junior School1.2 km 343 pupils, 360 places
- The Robert Drake Primary School1.3 km 313 pupils, 315 places
- South Benfleet Primary School1.6 km 414 pupils, 420 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 this place?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in this place is Benfleet Rail Station, 2.3 km away in a straight line.
- Benfleet Rail Station Railway station 2.3 kmCycle
- Rayleigh Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
- Pitsea Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
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 this place?
The GP practices at the postcodes in this place, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Grace House Surgery900 m
- Benfleet Surgery1.4 km
- High Road Family Doctors1.8 km
- Essex Way Surgery2.1 km
- Dr Khan & Partners2.2 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is this place safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 866 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in this place 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
- 86 September 2025
- 51 October 2025
- 73 November 2025
- 62 December 2025
- 79 January 2026
- 61 February 2026
- 75 March 2026
- 70 April 2026
- 72 May 2026
- 82 June 2026
- 79 July 2026
- 76 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 23, other crime 21, possession of weapons 15, bicycle theft 4, robbery 3, theft from the person 2.
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 this place?
- Councils
- Castle Point (1,084) and Basildon (1)
- County council
- Essex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Castle Point
- Police force area
- Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- MP
- Rebecca Harris (Conservative)
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. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving here
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Postcodes here
1,085 postcodes in use in this place, by district:
Those districts are all in the SS postcode area.
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Places nearby
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside this place's £395,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about this place
- What is it like to live in Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- Homes sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 807 of the 1,059 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 24 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 55 of its 1,085 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Benfleet, 2.3 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 Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- Thundersley and South Benfleet is covered by postcode districts SS6, SS7 and SS13, across 1,085 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- Thundersley and South Benfleet is in the Castle Point parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Rebecca Harris (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- Homes in Thundersley and South Benfleet sold for a typical £395,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 605 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- In Thundersley and South Benfleet, primary schools at its postcodes include Thundersley Primary School, Kingston Primary School and Holy Family Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cedar Hall School, The King John School and The Deanes. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Thundersley and South Benfleet have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thundersley and South Benfleet is Benfleet, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- Ofcom reports on 1,059 of the 1,085 postcodes in Thundersley and South Benfleet. At 807 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Thundersley and South Benfleet at risk of flooding?
- 55 of the 1,085 postcodes in Thundersley and South Benfleet 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 24 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 Thundersley and South Benfleet?
- 25 of the 1,085 postcodes now in use in Thundersley and South Benfleet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 829 homes sold in Thundersley and South Benfleet were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS7 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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