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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: 1.2945,Lat: 51.1285
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	21:23:54pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dover
Name	Tower Hamlets

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Farthingloe	1.8 km	SouthWest
2 Old Park	2.4 km	North
3 Guston	3.5 km	NorthEast
4 West Hougham	4.2 km	West
5 Ewell Minnis	4.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	100 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	217 km	EastSouthEast
3 Paris	France	264 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 60.9 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 87.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 123 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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 Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4 km2

7.2%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

68.9%

Urban area

10.3 km2

18.7%

Infrastructure

1.7 km2

3.1%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dover in country England

Dover 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	22 km	NorthWest
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	99 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	104 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dover

Type of weather in Dover	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam