Benfleet Urban District

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Benfleet
Geography
Status Urban district
1931 area 6,356 acres (25.72 km²)
1961 area 6,372 acres (25.79 km²)
HQ Thundersley
History
Created 1929
Abolished 1974
Succeeded by Castle Point
Demography
1921 population 6,136 (equivalent area)
1971 population 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.