Map of SS7 5FH postcode

General information
Postcode SS7 5FH
Post Town Benfleet
Nearest station Benfleet (2 km)
Bus stops
Limetree Avenue (S)
Elmhurst Avenue (S)
The Spinnakers (N)
Cemetery Corner (N)
Cemetery Corner (E)
South View Road (E)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 2 View
Known addresses
1 Merton Close, Benfleet
2 Merton Close, Benfleet
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.560314
Longitude 0.553527
Easting 577102
Northing 187693
Grid reference TQ771876
UTM reference 31U 330419 5714973
what3words stack.liver.shunts
Plus code 9F32HH63+4C
Altitude 30 metres (97 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:50
Sunset (today) 21:02
Distance away
Distance to sea 2.5 KMs (1.6 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishCastle Point, unparished areaE43000061
Ward Appleton E05015691
Local Authority District Castle Point E07000069
County Electoral Division South Benfleet E58000455
Local Authority Essex E10000012
County Essex E10000012
Constituency (2024) Castle Point E14001154
MPRebecca HarrisConservative
Police forceEssex
NUTS/ITL 3 Essex Thames Gateway
NUTS/ITL 2 Essex
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced August 2020
Last updated February 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
26,044 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£48,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)Thundersley and South BenfleetE63011931
Census output area (2021)E00109119
Census output area (2011)E00109119
Lower layer super output area (2021)Castle Point 003BE01021477
Lower layer super output area (2011)Castle Point 003BE01021477
Middle layer super output area (2021)Benfleet AppletonE02004475
Middle layer super output area (2011)Benfleet AppletonE02004475
Travel to work areaSouthendE30000268
Property sales
Average property price in Southend-on-Sea £346,298
Annual change -0.3%
View all properties sold in the SS postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
2 Merton Close, BenfleetDetached (freehold)Nov 2020£575,000
1 Merton Close, BenfleetDetached (freehold)Sep 2020£575,000


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