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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.8898,Lat: 51.8769
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	19:56:10pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Essex
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Colchester
Name	Shrub End

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Layer De La Haye	4 km	SouthWest
2 Rowhedge	4.5 km	SouthEast
3 West Bergholt	4.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Heckfordbridge	4.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Abberton	5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	93 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	267 km	EastSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	279 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Abberton Reservoir (4.7 km² at a distance of 4.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 144.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 202 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly southern 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 45 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

6.6%

Agriculture

35 km2

44.6%

Urban area

31.8 km2

40.5%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Colchester in country England

Colchester at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	68 km	South
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	76 km	WestSouthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Colchester

Type of weather in Colchester	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:49 Europe/Amsterdam