Thundersley

Thundersley
Bread and Cheese Hill is the name of one of the roads climbing the main slope up to the heart of Thundersley.
Thundersley Location within Essex
Population	24,800 (2021)
OS grid reference	TQ800887
District	Castle Point
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BENFLEET
Postcode district	SS7
Dialling code	01268 & 01702
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Castle Point
List of places UK England Essex 51°34′N 0°35′E / 51.57°N 0.59°E / 51.57; 0.59

Thundersley is a town in the Castle Point borough of southeast Essex, England. It sits on a clay ridge shared with Basildon and Hadleigh, 31 miles (50 km) east of Charing Cross, London. In 2011 it had a population of 24,800.

The ecclesiastical parish of Thundersley St Peter takes in Daws Heath to the east which is also part of the current Victoria local government electoral ward. The two areas have Anglican churches. A third Anglican church is in the secular ward of St John's, which is commonly conflated on maps with South Benfleet which it adjoins and it is separated from Thundersley by a narrow green buffer. Between the two wards is the main ward of St Peter's, which loosely resembles the very longstanding church parish.^[1] One ward is partially in Thundersley, Boyce which includes Thundersley Green and various short streets next to the town itself.