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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.9781,Lat: 51.2917
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	2:12:46am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Swale
Name	Boughton and Courtenay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boughton Street	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Hernhill	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dargate	2.2 km	North
4 Oversland	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Chartham Hatch	3.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	76 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	241 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paris	France	288 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 46 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 111.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 157 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 37 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.8 km2

26.5%

Agriculture

55 km2

70%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dunkirk in country England

Dunkirk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	7.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	77 km	WestNorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Dunkirk
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dunkirk

Type of weather in Dunkirk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	08:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:48 Europe/Amsterdam