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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.2759,Lat: 51.0393
Elevation	77 meter above sea level
Local time	16:56:58pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Dorset
Name	Gillingham Town
Other place with same name 1	Gillingham England - Norfolk
Other place with same name 2	Gillingham England - Medway

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Milton on Stour	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Huntingford	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Silton	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 East Stour	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Motcombe	4.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	81 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	155 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	178 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 38 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 39.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 72.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 101 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 135 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Agriculture

75.3 km2

95.9%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gillingham in country England

Gillingham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	EastNorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gillingham

Type of weather in Gillingham	broken clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	08:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:14 Europe/Amsterdam