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Southend-on-Sea

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.7179,Lat: 51.5435
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	4:11:19am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Southend-on-Sea
Name	Victoria

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rochford	4.7 km	North
2 Little Wakering	5.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Barling	5.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Great Stambridge	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Great Wakering	6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	62 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	265 km	EastSouthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	270 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Southend-on-Sea lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 18.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 137 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 38%, low location: 62%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 3.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

14.8 km2

22.5%

Agriculture

19.5 km2

29.7%

Urban area

28.7 km2

43.7%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Southend-on-Sea in country England

Southend-on-Sea 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	39 km	SouthEast
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51 km	West
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Southend-on-Sea

Type of weather in Southend-on-Sea	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam