Rayleigh
Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the Rochford District of Essex, England. It lies between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, 32 miles east of central London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 32,200 residents
- Description: town in Essex, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Rayleigh, Essex”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rayleigh Windmill and Rayleigh Castle.
Rayleigh Windmill
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Rayleigh Windmill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Rayleigh, Essex, England which has been restored as a landmark and is used as a museum.
Rayleigh Castle
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: John Myers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rayleigh Castle was a masonry and timber castle built in the town of Rayleigh in Essex, England in the 11th century shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. All that exists today are the earthwork remains of its large motte-and-bailey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hadleigh and North Benfleet.
Hadleigh
Town
Photo: Edward Clack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hadleigh is a town in the borough of Castle Point, in the south-east of Essex, England. It lies on the A13 road between Thundersley, Benfleet and Leigh-on-Sea. The A127 'Southend Arterial Road' bypasses the town to the north. Hadleigh is situated 2½ miles south of Rayleigh.
North Benfleet
Village
Photo: Glyn Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Benfleet is a village in the civil parish of Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. It is located between the towns of Basildon to the west and South Benfleet to the east. North Benfleet is situated 2½ miles west of Rayleigh.
Battlesbridge
Village
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Battlesbridge is a village in Essex, England. It straddles the River Crouch which is tidal and navigable up to this point. It is approximately 14 miles south-southeast of Chelmsford and 4 miles north of Rayleigh. Battlesbridge is situated 3 miles northwest of Rayleigh.
Rayleigh
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Rayleigh, Rochford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.58688° or 51° 35′ 13″ northLongitude
0.60631° or 0° 36′ 23″ eastPopulation
32,200Elevation
220 feet (67 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB RLHOpen location code
9F32HJP4+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 27584854OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Rayleigh” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rayleigh”
- Basque: “Rayleigh (Essex)”
- Basque: “Rayleigh”
- Bengali: “রেলেই”
- Cebuano: “Rayleigh”
- Chinese: “Rayleigh”
- Chinese: “蕾利”
- Chinese: “雷利”
- Dutch: “Rayleigh”
- French: “Rayleigh”
- German: “Rayleigh”
- Gujarati: “રેલૈઘ”
- Irish: “Rayleigh, Essex”
- Irish: “Rayleigh”
- Italian: “Rayleigh”
- Japanese: “レイリ―”
- Kannada: “ರೇಲೀ”
- Korean: “레일리”
- Ladin: “Rayleigh”
- Latin: “Raelega”
- Latvian: “Reilī”
- Lithuanian: “Reilis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rayleigh (Essex)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rayleigh i Essex”
- Persian: “رایلی، اسکس”
- Polish: “Rayleigh”
- Portuguese: “Rayleigh”
- Romanian: “Rayleigh”
- Russian: “Рэйлей”
- South Azerbaijani: “رایلی، اسکس”
- Spanish: “Rayleigh”
- Swedish: “Rayleigh, England”
- Swedish: “Rayleigh, Essex”
- Tamil: “ராய்லெயி”
- Tatar: “Рейли (шәһәр)”
- Tatar: “Рейли”
- Telugu: “రేలై”
- Urdu: “رایلییگھ”
- Volapük: “Rayleigh”
- Welsh: “Rayleigh, Essex”
- Welsh: “Rayleigh”
- “Rayleigh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Cork Dork and Rayleigh Post Office.
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