Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, England, lying around 30 miles (48 km) east of London.

[3] The district was granted borough status with effect from 1 February 1992, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.

[7] Canvey Island is a civil parish with a town council, forming a third tier of local government in that part of the borough.

[8] In December of 2024 the Regulator of Social Housing issued a downgrade from a C3 to a C4 (the lowest consumer grade [9]) after the council was found to not be able to demonstrate mitigation of fire risk, failed to survey the majority of their properties over the last 5 years, lacked up to date electrical assessments for 40% of communal areas, a lack of domestic abuse policy and being unable to demonstrate its response to hate crime.

[23] Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, but despite adequate rainfall all year-round it is on average the driest part of the UK.

[26] Castle Point has several estates laid out as seaside resorts for retirement, which is reflected in 7% of its population at the time of the 2011 census being aged 75 to 84, compared to 5.5% nationally.

Opposite the sports centre is the Castle Point Golf Course, an 18-hole par 71 public pay-and-play course with a 17-bay floodlit driving range.

The Dutch Cottage Museum contains a variety of exhibits that illustrate the history of Canvey Island, and the Castle Point Transport Museum, also situated on Canvey in the retired District bus depot, features a display of over thirty old buses, coaches and commercial vehicles.