THIS month marks a year since Canvey landed a £17.3million Christmas windfall - the biggest-ever People's Postcode Lottery prize draw at the time.

The win was one of the lottery's most memorable "millions" events, with the winning homes across the SS8 7 postcode sharing the multi-million-pound jackpot - taking home at least £3,000 each.

For our residents considering entering the People's Postcode Lottery next month with the hopes of being just as lucky - as a share of £17.7 million is up for grabs in the January draws - we’ve rounded up all of the "luckiest" postcodes according to the lottery map in south Essex.

Canvey

SS8

Canvey's SS8 postcode seems to be the luckiest in south Essex, with SS8 7 most recently scooping the biggest ever Postcode Lottery prize.

Eleven residents celebrated the biggest cash prizes after SS8 7EE was announced as the full winning postcode last year. Two people playing with two tickets each bagged a whopping £809,020.

However, in July 2021, SS8 0EA also won a combined £180,000. Four residents bagged £30,000 and another lucky neighbour who bought two tickets won £60,000. Amazingly, that same month the postcode also landed a £1,000 prize.

Three years earlier, in May 2018, their neighbours in SS8 0HS shared a prize pot of £30,000.

Basildon

SS13 2

Cheers and champagne corks popping could be heard across Pitsea, North Benfleet and Bowers Gifford in November 2014 when the SS13 2 postcode won a shared £2million.

A total of 89 players shared the huge draw in the Postcode Millions event, which saw one resident in the full wining postcode - SS13 2LU - take home a £400,000 cheque.

SS14 2RA

Three lucky residents in The Fremnells were celebrating in October 2016 after winning a combined £100,000 in the People's Postcode Lottery's Saturday Street Prize draw. One winner, who played with two tickets, scooped a whopping £50,000.

Brentwood

CM14 5

A huge 70 lucky Warley residents shared a huge £2million prize pot as the CM14 5 postcode won in the August Postcode Millions in 2014.

Four residents shared £1million when their postcode, CM14 5EG, was revealed as the full winning postcode.

Rochford

SS4 3AS

Christmas came early for SS4 3AS players who won a combined £550,000 in December 2020, each landing £50,000. One lucky winner won an incredible £100,000 thanks to playing with two tickets.

SS5 6PG

Residents in this Hullbridge postcode found out they were £30,000 richer in March 2021 in a video call with presenter Jeff Brazier, as they shared a £60,000 prize pot 

Southend

SS3 9SJ

Four Shoebury neighbours celebrated in November 2020 after winning a shared £150,000 in the Postcode Lottery's Sunday Street Prize draw. One resident doubled their prize to £60,000 after playing with two tickets.

SS9 2AP

Two lucky Leigh neighbours landed a staggering £30,000 each after winning the Sunday's Street Prize in August 2018. 

SS9 4SR

One Leigh player in this postcode couldn't believe her luck in June 2017 after winning £50,000 as well as a new BMW with People's Postcode Lottery.

Thurrock

SS17 0JP

One lucky winner in this Stanford-le-Hope postcode bagged a fantastic £30,000 as a winner of Sunday's Street Prize in August 2020.

RM18 7AW

Leyla and next door neighbour Henry Aimiuwu, 56, each bagged more than £400,000 after RM18 7AW, in Tilbury, won Postcode Lottery’s weekly Millionaire Street £1million prize today.