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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.0001,Lat: 52.626
Elevation	153 meter above sea level
Local time	16:38:14pm
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website Subregion (County)	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Harborough
Name	Thurnby and Houghton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 King's Norton	3 km	South
2 Keyham	3 km	North
3 Gaulby	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Little Stretton	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Stoughton	3.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	158 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	195 km	WestSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	287 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 73 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eyebrook Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 17.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 121 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 169 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 98%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 32 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

68.2 km2

86.8%

Urban area

6.3 km2

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Houghton on The Hill in country England

Houghton on The Hill at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	91 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	100 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Houghton on the Hill

Type of weather in Houghton on the Hill	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	08:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:02 Europe/Amsterdam