Croft

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.2431,Lat: 52.5568
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	22:54:08pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Blaby
Name	Croft Hill

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Huncote	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Primethorpe	2.6 km	South
3 Stoney Stanton	2.8 km	West
4 Narborough	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Littlethorpe	3.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	158 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	177 km	WestSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	280 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 91 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Staunton Harold Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 29.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 108.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 151 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

63.5 km2

80.8%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Croft in country England

Croft at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55 km	North
2 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	84 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Croft

Type of weather in Croft	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam