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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: 0.6079,Lat: 51.5885
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	8:55:44am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Essex
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rochford
Name	Wheatley

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Daws Heath	2.4 km	South
2 Thundersley	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Hockley	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Hullbridge	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Hadleigh	3.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	58 km	WestSouthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	262 km	West
3 Brussel	Belgium	274 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 9.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 145.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 204 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 42 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 6.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.1 km2

5.2%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.3%

Urban area

26.4 km2

33.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rayleigh in country England

Rayleigh 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	West
2 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	48 km	SouthEast
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	48 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rayleigh

Type of weather in Rayleigh	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam