Benfleet Urban District

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Benfleet
Administration
Status: Urban district
HQ: Thundersley
History
Created: 1929
Abolished: 1974
Succeeded by: Castle Point
Area
1931: 6,356 acres
1961: 6,372 acres
Population
1921: 6,136 (equivalent area)
1971: 48,045

Benfleet Urban District was an urban district in the county of Essex, England. It was created on 1 October 1929 by the merger of the civil parishes of Hadleigh, South Benfleet and Thundersley, all previously in the Rochford Rural District.

Since 1 April 1974 it has formed part of the Borough of Castle Point.