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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: 0.5298,Lat: 51.2687
Elevation	60 meter above sea level
Local time	1:50:54am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Maidstone
Name	High Street

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Loose	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Otham	3.6 km	SouthEast
3 East Farleigh	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
4 Boxley	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Boughton Monchelsea	3.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	45 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	259 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	272 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 23.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is The Weald with a height of 84 meter (at a distance of 20.3 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 142.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 199 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 52 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

5.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

53.3%

Urban area

25.2 km2

32%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Maidstone in country England

Maidstone 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	39 km	East
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	NorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	50 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maidstone

Type of weather in Maidstone	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam