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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: 1.0821,Lat: 51.2825
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	13:26:41pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Canterbury
Name	Westgate

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rough Common	2.5 km	NorthWest
2 Tyler Hill	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Broad Oak	3.2 km	NorthEast
4 Fordwich	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Nackington	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	83 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	234 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paris	France	284 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 51.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 104.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 89 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.1 km2

20.5%

Agriculture

45.3 km2

57.6%

Urban area

14.1 km2

18%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Canterbury in country England

Canterbury 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	0.3 km	South
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	79 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	84 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Canterbury

Type of weather in Canterbury	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam