| Thundersley | |
|---|---|
 Bread and Cheese Hill is the name of one of the roads climbing the main slope up to the heart of Thundersley. | |
  Thundersley Location within Essex | |
| Population | 24,800 (2021) |
| OS grid reference | TQ800887 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BENFLEET |
| Postcode district | SS7 |
| Dialling code | 01268 & 01702 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
Thundersley is a town in the Castle Point borough of southeast Essex, England. It sits on a clay ridge shared with Basildon and Hadleigh, 31 miles (50 km) east of Charing Cross, London. In 2011 it had a population of 24,800.
The ecclesiastical parish of Thundersley St Peter takes in Daws Heath to the east which is also part of the current Victoria local government electoral ward. The two areas have Anglican churches. A third Anglican church is in the secular ward of St John's, which is commonly conflated on maps with South Benfleet which it adjoins and it is separated from Thundersley by a narrow green buffer. Between the two wards is the main ward of St Peter's, which loosely resembles the very longstanding church parish.[1] One ward is partially in Thundersley, Boyce which includes Thundersley Green and various short streets next to the town itself.