Route from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley
The distance between Southend-on-Sea and Chorley is 247 miles. Travel time is 4 hours and 16 minutes.

Driving directions from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley
What's the expense of traveling from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley by car?
The trip fueled by petrol comes to £42.8. This calculation is based on a petrol price of 143 pence per liter and the car's consumption rate of 37.5 miles per gallon.
For those interested in carpooling, the cost per passenger decreases with more occupants. With two passengers, each person's share is £21.4 (£42.8/2). For three passengers, the cost per person reduces to £14.27 (£42.8/3), and with four passengers, it further decreases to £10.7 (£42.8/4).
To delve deeper into the calculation, let's examine how we arrive at the result:
Firstly, we determine the fuel required by dividing the distance by the car's fuel consumption rate. For a journey of 246.77 miles, this calculation involves multiplying 246.77 miles by 4.54609 (liters per gallon) and dividing by the car's consumption of 37.5 mpg, resulting in 29.9 liters of fuel needed.
Next, we calculate the fuel cost by multiplying the fuel needed by the price per liter. With 29.9 liters of fuel at 143 pence per liter, the total cost comes to £42.8.
In summary, the fuel cost for the trip from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley amounts to £42.8.
A lot of things can have a big effect on how much petrol a car uses, but the most common ones are:
- Driving Habits: Aggressive driving habits like speeding, accelerating quickly, and stopping and starting often can use a lot more petrol.
- Maintenance on Your Vehicle: Regular oil changes, tire rotations, and engine tune-ups are all parts of good maintenance that keep your car running at its best. If you don't do upkeep, your car may use more petrol and be less efficient with it.
- Car Type: Some of the things that affect how much fuel a car uses are its make and model, its engine size, its weight, its aerodynamics, and its fuel economy rating.
- Conditions of the Road: Things like traffic jams, bad roads, changes in elevation, and the weather can all affect how much petrol you use. It takes more petrol to drive stop-and-go in heavy traffic or uphill than to drive steadily on a highway on flat ground.
- Importance of Fuel Quality: The octane number and additives in the fuel can affect how well it works. Fuels of lower quality may make engines less efficient and cause them to use more fuel.
- Route: The path you take can change how much petrol you use. It is possible to use less petrol by choosing roads with slower speed limits, less traffic, and fewer stops.
- Cargo: Having extra weight in the car, like big cargo or roof racks, makes the aerodynamic drag higher and needs more fuel to keep the speed constant, which means higher fuel use.
Diesel cost from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley.
The trip with diesel fuel costs 27 £ (151p/lt, 62.7 mpg).
For 2 passengers: 13.5 £ (27/2) /p.
For 3 passengers: 9 £ (27/3) /p.
For 4 passengers: 6.75 £ (27/4) /p.
Alternative routes from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley
The second route from Southend-on-Sea to the Chorley is 257.24 miles and takes 4 hours and 28 minutes.
The third route from Southend-on-Sea to the Chorley is 259.69 miles and takes 5 hours and 30 minutes.
Which is the cheapest route from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley by car?
The cheapest route from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley is the first suggested route (247mi, 4h 16min) and costs 42.8 £ (petrol fuel cost, 143p/lt, 37.5mpg).
The second cheapest route from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley is the second suggested route (257mi, 4h 28min) and costs 44.6 £.
The most expensive route from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley is the third suggested route (260mi, 5h 30min) and costs 45 £.
For greater safety, the driver should choose the route that passes through the highway (median barrier) and not through smaller roads (curves in the road, bad road conditions, no median barrier).
How to get from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley?
There are three suggested routes. The fastest route is 247mi (distance from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley) and its duration is 4h 16min. The other route is 257mi, and its duration is 4h 28min. The slowest route is 260mi, and its duration is 5h 30min.
RouteCalculator provides you with the information to prepare your trip from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley by car or motorbike. It offers you alternative road routes that you can follow to go from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley. It provides driving directions from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley, i.e. where to turn and when, distance of the Southend-on-Sea - Chorley route, travel time, display of the route on the map, fuel cost (petrol, diesel) and toll (if exist) cost.
In case you share the journey (carpooling) from Southend-on-Sea to Chorley with other people or friends, RouteCalculator provides the cost of the journey and the amount that each passenger will have to pay.
Where is Southend-on-Sea located?
Southend-on-Sea is located in Essex county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 29 meters above sea level. Southend-on-Sea has coordinates 51.5459269o,0.7077123o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Southend-on-Sea from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.
What is the location of Chorley?
Chorley is located in Lancashire county and in England. It is situated at an altitude of 87 meters above sea level. Chorley has coordinates 53.6535110o,-2.6325960o. RouteCalculator provides a map of Chorley from which you can plan your trips to other UK cities.
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