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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: 1.0248,Lat: 51.8136
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	2:53:03am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Essex
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tendring
Name	Brightlingsea

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Point Clear	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Thorrington	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 St Osyth	4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Aingers Green	4.5 km	NorthEast
5 Alresford	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	96 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	256 km	EastSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	272 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Brightlingsea lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Abberton Reservoir (4.7 km² at a distance of 9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 132.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 186 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 44%, low location: 56%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 55 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

2.1%

Wet nature

15.7 km2

22.2%

Agriculture

48.1 km2

68.2%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brightlingsea in country England

Brightlingsea 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	60 km	South
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	WestSouthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	83 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Brightlingsea

Type of weather in Brightlingsea	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	15 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam