Southend-on-Sea, commonly called Southend, is a coastal city and unitary authority area in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, about 40 miles east of central London, bordered by Rochford to the north and Castle Point to the west. It is one of the most densely populated places in the country outside London, and it is home to Southend Pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world, as well as London Southend Airport just north of the city centre.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Connections
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1. Southend-on-Sea (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 160,257 (2011)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.53789, longitude 0.71377
P2046 (area)
area 41.76 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 160257 (2011)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Southend-on-Sea - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2637433
51.53782 0.71433 P PPLA2 GB ENG M5 295310 31 Europe/London
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 31 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 0.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 0.75
51.75 0.75 Cfb
Southend-on-Sea (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Southend-on-Sea ( ), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area in south-eastern Essex, England.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the SourceEssex (Wikipedia)
Largest City: Essex, Infobox: largest_cityQuote, Largest City: Essex, Infobox: largest_city
Southend-on-Sea
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