Chelmsford

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.4805,Lat: 51.7324
Elevation	38 meter above sea level
Local time	13:24:40pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Essex
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chelmsford
Name	Moulsham and Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sandon	3.5 km	SouthEast
2 Broomfield	4.1 km	North
3 Writtle	4.2 km	West
4 Howe Green	5 km	SouthEast
5 Boreham	5.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	61 km	SouthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	254 km	West
3 Brussel	Belgium	287 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 7.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 160.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 225 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

48.7 km2

62%

Urban area

25.6 km2

32.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Chelmsford in country England

Chelmsford at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	WestSouthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	49 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Chelmsford
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chelmsford

Type of weather in Chelmsford	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam