South Benfleet

South Benfleet
High Road, Benfleet
South Benfleet is located in Essex
South Benfleet
South Benfleet
Location within Essex
OS grid referenceTQ782860
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBenfleet
Postcode districtSS7
Dialling code01268
PoliceEssex
FireEssex
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Essex
51°33′N 0°34′E / 51.55°N 0.56°E / 51.55; 0.56[1]

South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex, England, 30 miles east of London. It is adjacent to the village of North Benfleet. The Benfleet (SS7) post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh. The Battle of Benfleet took place here between the Vikings and Saxons in 894.[2]

The community is directly north of Canvey Island and is served by Benfleet railway station. It hosts South Benfleet Primary School, which was used temporarily to house local residents during the widespread flooding of 1953.

At the junction of Saint Mary's Church and The Anchor pub is the site of the UK's first "overrunable" mini roundabout.[3]

  1. ^ Map of South Benfleet manor (and later parish)
  2. ^ Holland, Julian (2007). Exploring the Islands of England and ... - Google Books. Frances Lincoln Limited. ISBN 9780711227439. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. ^ Lawrence Goldman (7 March 2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. OUP Oxford. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0.