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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.2956,Lat: 52.6256
Elevation	90 meter above sea level
Local time	1:08:54am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hinckley and Bosworth
Name	Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Botcheston	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Newtown Unthank	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Peckleton	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Newbold Verdon	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Kirkby Mallory	3.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	167 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	180 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	272 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 91 km (direction East).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 21.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 102.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 143 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. 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 WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

69.5 km2

88.4%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Desford in country England

Desford 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	47 km	North
2 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	West
3 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	87 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Desford

Type of weather in Desford	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam