Saffron Walden

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.2478,Lat: 52.0202
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	23:08:12pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Essex
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Uttlesford
Name	Saffron Walden Shire

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Audley End	1.9 km	West
2 Sewards End	2.5 km	East
3 Littlebury	3.1 km	NorthWest
4 Little Walden	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Wendens Ambo	3.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	82 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	243 km	West
3 Brussel	Belgium	314 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 44 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 43.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 190 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 266 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 15 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Agriculture

70.1 km2

89.2%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saffron Walden in country England

Saffron Walden 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	61 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	63 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	64 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saffron Walden

Type of weather in Saffron Walden	haze
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:46 Europe/Amsterdam