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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: -0.2876,Lat: 51.9099
Elevation	82 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:57am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Hertfordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Hertfordshire
Name	Hitchwood, Offa and Hoo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ley Green	1.9 km	West
2 King's Walden	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Gosmore	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 St Paul's Walden	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 St Ippollytts	3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	67 km	South
2 Cardiff	Wales	205 km	West
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	316 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 63 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is King George's Reservoir (0.5 km² at a distance of 33.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 162.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 228 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Luton Airport (at a distance of 6.8 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

69.8 km2

88.9%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Preston in country England

Preston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	47 km	South
2 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	47 km	South
3 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	48 km	South

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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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam