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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.6899,Lat: 52.6455
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	9:12:14am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Norfolk
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Breckland
Name	Swaffham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sporle	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Great Palgrave	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 North Pickenham	4.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Cockley Cley	5.2 km	SouthWest
5 South Pickenham	5.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	158 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	287 km	EastSouthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	294 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake is Barton Broad (0.5 km² at a distance of 54.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 215.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 301 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 90 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.9 km2

11.3%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

66.4 km2

84.6%

Urban area

2.6 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swaffham in country England

Swaffham 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	137 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	138 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	139 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Swaffham

Type of weather in Swaffham	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam