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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: 0.5778,Lat: 51.3471
Elevation	97 meter above sea level
Local time	0:07:27am
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (Unitary Authority)	Medway
Name	Hempstead and Wigmore
Other place with same name 1	Gillingham England - Norfolk
Other place with same name 2	Gillingham England - Dorset

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bredhurst	1.8 km	South
2 Chatham	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Hartlip	4.3 km	East
4 Stockbury	5 km	SouthEast
5 Blue Bell Hill	5.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	48 km	West
2 Cardiff	Wales	261 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	270 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 32.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 140.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 196 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 58 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 26 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.4 km2

9.5%

Agriculture

37.9 km2

48.3%

Urban area

27.6 km2

35.1%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Rock-Sand

1.7 km2

2.1%

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 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	EastSouthEast
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	49 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rainham

Type of weather in Rainham	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:58 Europe/Amsterdam