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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: -0.2714,Lat: 51.9535
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	18:14:10pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Hertfordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Hertfordshire
Name	Hitchin Bearton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Charlton	2 km	SouthWest
2 Ickleford	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gosmore	2.4 km	South
4 Great Wymondley	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 St Ippollytts	2.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	72 km	South
2 Cardiff	Wales	207 km	West
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	321 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake is Grafham Water (6.5 km² at a distance of 36.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 164.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 230 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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 Luton Airport (at a distance of 11 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

60.9 km2

77.5%

Urban area

15.4 km2

19.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hitchin in country England

Hitchin at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	51 km	South
2 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	South
3 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hitchin

Type of weather in Hitchin	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:02 Europe/Amsterdam