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Leigh-on-Sea

area and civil parish in Essex, England
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Leigh-on-Sea

Summary

Leigh-on-Sea is a town[1]. Leigh-on-Sea ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Leigh-on-Sea is located in Southend-on-Sea[3].
  • Leigh-on-Sea is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's postal code is recorded as SS9[7].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's Commons category is recorded as Leigh-on-Sea[8].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's local dialing code is recorded as 01702[10].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ841859[11].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.55, 'lon': 0.65}[12].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's authority is recorded as Leigh-on-Sea Town Council[13].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leigh-on-Sea[14].
  • Leigh-on-Sea has a population of {'amount': '+20737'}[15].
  • Leigh-on-Sea has a population of {'amount': '+22568'}[16].
  • Leigh-on-Sea has a population of {'amount': '+22509'}[17].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1086[18].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leigh-on-Sea'}[19].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Leigh-on-Sea[20].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's category for people who died here is recorded as Q32074183[21].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Leigh-on-Sea'}[22].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Leigh-on-Sea[23].
  • Leigh-on-Sea's historic county is recorded as Essex[24].

Body

Geography

Leigh-on-Sea is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Leigh-on-Sea is located in Southend-on-Sea[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+20737'}[15], {'amount': '+22568'}[16], and {'amount': '+22509'}[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and civil parish[6].

Why It Matters

Leigh-on-Sea ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2] Leigh-on-Sea has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Leigh-on-Sea is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Southend-on-Sea
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Leigh-on-Sea
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.55, 'lon': 0.65}
    Population → {'amount': '+20737'}, {'amount': '+22568'}, {'amount': '+22509'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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