Castle Point

Castle Point
Non-metropolitan district and borough
Borough of Castle Point
Thundersley, one of the towns of the borough and its administrative centre
Castle Point within Essex
Coordinates: 51°32′N 0°35′E / 51.54°N 0.58°E / 51.54; 0.58
Country	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
County	Essex
Established	1 April 1974
Admin HQ	Thundersley
Government
• Type	Alternative s.31
• MPs	Rebecca Harris (Conservative)
Area
• Land	17.41 sq mi (45.08 km2)
Population  (2021)2021 Census
• Total	89,591
• Estimate  (2021)	89,591
• Density	4,976/sq mi (1,921.2/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.9% White 1.7% Asian 1.6% Mixed 1.3% Black 0.5% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 48.6% Christianity 43.5% no religion 7.1% other 0.8% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)

Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, England, lying around 30 miles (48 km) east of London. The borough comprises the towns of South Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley (where the council is based) on the mainland, and the adjoining Canvey Island in the Thames Estuary, which is connected to the mainland by bridges.

The borough borders the City of Southend-on-Sea to the east, Rochford District to the north, the Borough of Basildon to the west, and the Thurrock unitary authority area to the south-west, across Holehaven Creek.