Thundersley and South Benfleet

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:25

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

73 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Other theft9
• Criminal damage & arson8

4 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Pitsea · Essex

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

252 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

272 food businesses within 2 miles

• 230 rated 4–5 ★ (197 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pitsea (2.4 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£366,218 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,424 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £983
• 2 bed £1,269
• 3 bed £1,508

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,362 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Halstow Way (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,535
• Net moves−257

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 120 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

1,574 CQC-registered services

• Care homes408
• GP practices229
• Dentists312
• Homecare agencies474
• Hospitals & hospices40

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

• Within the Green Belt
• 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

213 applications decided

89.7% granted · 191 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Harris

Conservative

Castle Point

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools9
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

59% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Wind 39% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 7%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

9 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SS13

• Murree Medical Group
• Dr Nasah & Partners
• Felmores Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Castle Point:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND442 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth290 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases206 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent203 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK197 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Harris Academy Benfleet · 1.0 km

  Harris Academy Benfleet is a comprehensive secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Croft Road, Benfleet, Essex, England. It has 1,600 students from school years 7 to 13, and roughly 100 teachers. Until…

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  North Benfleet · 1.0 km

  North Benfleet is a village in the civil parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. It is located between the towns of Basildon to the west and South Benfleet to the eas…

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  Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet · 1.2 km

  Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet is a civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. The parish includes the villages of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 2…

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  Church of St Margaret, Bowers Gifford · 1.4 km

  The Church of St Margaret is a 14th-century grade II* listed church near Bowers Gifford, Essex. As is common with many Essex churches, it features a wooden bell-cot surmounting a stone tower.

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  Bowers Gifford · 1.7 km

  Bowers Gifford is a village in the civil parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, located in the Borough of Basildon within the county of Essex, England. It is located to the east of Pitsea and to the west of Sout…

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  Bowers & Pitsea F.C. · 1.7 km

  Bowers & Pitsea Football Club is a football club based in Pitsea, Essex, England. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League North Division and play at the Len Salmon Stadium.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)