Traditional county: Essex · District / Borough: Castle Point · Region: Eastern
Explore South Benfleet, Essex with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the South Benfleet map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | South Benfleet |
| Traditional County | Essex |
| District / Borough | Castle Point |
| Region | Eastern |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.553654 |
| Longitude | 0.559778 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
South Benfleet, a steadfast presence in Essex, hums with a quiet, maritime air. It lies 4.1 km north-north-west of Canvey Island (from Canvey Island: bearing 327°T, OS grid TQ 775 869), and is situated south-south-east of Tarpots village. The landscape here, gently sloping towards the Thames Estuary, carries the scent of salt and the distant cry of gulls, a constant reminder of its coastal heritage. The parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, its ancient stones catching the low afternoon sun, stands as a silent sentinel, its history whispered in the enduring granite. A subtle, almost imperceptible, rhythm governs the days in South Benfleet, a pace dictated less by clockwork and more by the ebb and flow of the tides.
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Explore South Benfleet, Essex, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.553654, 0.559778. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |