Chelmsford

 city, county town - UK/Ireland

Chelmsford is a settlement in and the county town of Essex, England, UK, and the principal settlement of the new City district of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester.

It currently has a population of approximately 169,500 however this is thought to be rapidly increasing on a year by year basis with many people from Essex and the London borders re-locating to the town. The demonym for a Chelmsford resident is "Chelmsfordian". It is the site of the first radio factory and has the second smallest cathedral in England.

On 14 March 2012, chairman of the Privy Council and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that, in celebration of Her Majesty's Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee year, Chelmsford was to be granted official city status. Technically the designation applies to the whole of the current Borough making it a City District, whereas, note the attached polygon delineates only the urban area of the historic Chelmsford town(see attached map).