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Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames Estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of 7.12 square miles (18.44 km 2) and a population of 38,170. [1] It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks.
Southend-on-Sea (/ ˌ s aʊ θ ɛ n d ɒ n ˈ s iː / ⓘ), commonly referred to as Southend (/ s aʊ ˈ θ ɛ n d /), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in south-eastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, 40 miles (64 km) east of central London.
The SS postcode area, also known as the Southend-on-Sea postcode area, [2] is a group of seventeen postcode districts in England, within eleven post towns.These cover south-east Essex, including Southend-on-Sea, Basildon, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Hockley, Leigh-on-Sea, Rayleigh, Rochford, Stanford-le-Hope, Westcliff-on-Sea and Wickford.
Description: Map of Essex, UK with Southend-on-Sea highlighted.. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 160%: Date: 4 August 2011: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData
Foulness Island (/ f aʊ l ˈ n ɛ s /) is a closed island on the east coast of Essex in England, which is separated from the mainland by narrow creeks. In the 2001 census, the usually resident population of the civil parish was 212, living in the settlements of Churchend and Courtsend , at the north end of the island.
To the east, it has a stretch of coast at Foulness Island. Most of the built-up areas are in the western part of the district, along the railway line from Shenfield to Southend Victoria. Southend Airport straddles the district's border with the City of Southend-on-Sea. The eastern part of the district is more sparsely populated.
Settlement Population [1] [2] [3] [4]Borough/District 2001 2011; 1 Southend-on-Sea: 162,050 175,547 Southend-on-Sea: 2 Colchester: 105,130 119,441 Colchester: 3 Chelmsford
Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, England, lying around 30 miles (48 km) east of London.The borough comprises the towns of South Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley (where the council is based) on the mainland, and the adjoining Canvey Island in the Thames Estuary, which is connected to the mainland by bridges.