South Benfleet
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![War Monument, South Benfleet](/Images/godic/202502/12/MonumentBenfleetcrop5832.jpg")
South Benfleet is a town in the Castle Point district of Essex, 30 miles east of London. The Benfleet post town includes South Benfleet, Thundersley, New Thundersley and Hadleigh. The Battle of Benfleet took place here between the Vikings and Saxons in 894.