Great Leighs

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.508,Lat: 51.8304
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	18:01:39pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Essex
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chelmsford
Name	Boreham and The Leighs

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Little Leighs	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Young's End	1.9 km	NorthEast
3 Rank's Green	2 km	East
4 Fuller Street	2.3 km	SouthEast
5 Littley Green	3.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	71 km	SouthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	257 km	West
3 Brussel	Belgium	289 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 18.3 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 163.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 229 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 20 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

74.4 km2

94.7%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Great Leighs in country England

Great Leighs 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	53 km	SouthWest
2 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	SouthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Essex

Type of weather in Essex	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam