
Rayleigh
United Kingdom
Rayleigh: facts
At a glance
- Country: United Kingdom
- Region: England
- Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
- Population: approximately 32,380
- Coordinates: 51.5857° N, 0.6046° E
- Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
- Currency: Pound (GBP)
- Distance to the capital, London: 51 km (32 mi), straight line
Getting there
- London Southend Airport (SEN): 6.4 km (4.0 mi), straight line
- London City Airport (LCY): 39 km (24 mi), straight line
- London Stansted Airport (STN): 42 km (26 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Hadleigh: 3.7 km (2.3 mi)
- South Benfleet: 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
- Leigh-on-Sea: 5.7 km (3.5 mi)
- Wickford: 6.3 km (3.9 mi)
- Pitsea: 7.1 km (4.4 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Southend-on-Sea, 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
Coming up in Rayleigh
- 5 Nov 2026: Guy Fawkes Day
- 8 Nov 2026: Remembrance Sunday
- 8 Nov 2026: Remembrance Sunday ceremony
- 8 Nov 2026: Remembrance Sunday
- 11 Nov 2026: Armistice Day two-minute silence
- 14 Nov 2026: Leadenhall Market Christmas lights switch-on
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas holidays
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