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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.5446,Lat: 52.4698
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	16:41:12pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Norfolk
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	South Norfolk
Name	Gillingham
Other place with same name 1	Gillingham England - Medway
Other place with same name 2	Gillingham England - Dorset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Geldeston	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Barsham	2.4 km	SouthWest
3 Beccles	2.5 km	SouthEast
4 Stockton	3 km	NorthWest
5 Shipmeadow	3.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	171 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	228 km	East
3 Brussel	Belgium	265 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 13 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake is Hickling Broad (1.2 km² at a distance of 29.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 168.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 236 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 73%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Norwich International Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Agriculture

70.5 km2

89.8%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

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 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	136 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	153 km	SouthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	154 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Beccles

Type of weather in Beccles	clear sky
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:53 Europe/Amsterdam