Swaffham Prior

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.298,Lat: 52.2536
Elevation	53 meter above sea level
Local time	20:11:41pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cambridgeshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	East Cambridgeshire
Name	The Swaffhams

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Commercial End	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Reach	2.1 km	North
3 Swaffham Bulbeck	2.6 km	SouthWest
4 Burwell	3.3 km	NorthEast
5 Lode	4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	108 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	253 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	313 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake is Grafham Water (6.5 km² at a distance of 40 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 202.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 283 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 39%, low location: 61%, 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 London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

72.7 km2

92.6%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swaffham Prior in country England

Swaffham Prior 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	87 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	89 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	89 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bottisham

Type of weather in Bottisham	mist
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 11 May 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam