South East England
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Chichester District

Selsey

Selsey is a small town in . The name means "seal island" - although it's been part of the mainland since prehistory, the marshes to the north and west restrict access.
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  • Type: Town with 10,600 residents
  • Description: seaside town and civil parish in West Sussex, England
  • Also known as: “Selsey, West Sussex”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Park and Selsey Library.

Park
Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.
A is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. and country parks are green spaces used for recreation in the countryside.

Library
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Selsey, West Sussex, and dates from the 13th century. The church building was originally situated at the location of St Wilfrid's first monastery and cathedral at some 2 miles north of the present centre of population.

Selsey

Latitude
50.7328° or 50° 43′ 58″ north
Longitude
-0.7923° or 0° 47′ 32″ west
Population
10,600
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SSY
Open location code
9C2XP6M5+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29337049
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638219
Wiki­data ID
Q2439624
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Satellite Map

Discover Selsey from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Selsey” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Selsey”
  • Basque: “Selsey”
  • Bengali: “সেলসে”
  • Catalan: “Selsey”
  • Cebuano: “Selsey”
  • Chinese: “Selsey”
  • Chinese: “些路士”
  • Chinese: “塞尔西”
  • Chinese: “塞爾西”
  • Dutch: “Selsey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيلسى”
  • Esperanto: “Selsey”
  • French: “Selsey”
  • German: “Selsey”
  • Gujarati: “સેલ્સી”
  • Irish: “Selsey”
  • Italian: “Selsey”
  • Japanese: “セルシー”
  • Japanese: “セルジー”
  • Kannada: “ಸೆಲ್ಸೀ”
  • Korean: “셀슬리”
  • Ladin: “Selsey (Sussex)”
  • Ladin: “Selsey”
  • Latvian: “Selsi”
  • Lithuanian: “Selsis”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Selsey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Selsey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Selsey”
  • Norwegian: “Selsey”
  • Persian: “سلسی”
  • Polish: “Selsey”
  • Portuguese: “Selsey”
  • Romanian: “Selsey”
  • Russian: “Селси”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سلسی”
  • Spanish: “Selsey”
  • Swedish: “Selsey”
  • Tamil: “செல்செய்”
  • Telugu: “సల్సి”
  • Turkish: “Selsey”
  • Urdu: “سیلسیی”
  • Welsh: “Selsey”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Selsey”. Photo: Djm-leighpark, CC BY-SA 4.0.