Grain

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 0.7145,Lat: 51.455
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	15:17:17pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Medway
Name	Peninsula

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sheerness	3.9 km	SouthEast
2 Allhallows-on-Sea	5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Queenborough	5.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Allhallows	5.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Lower Stoke	5.6 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	59 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	263 km	EastSouthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	270 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grain lies at the North Sea (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 26 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 134 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 188 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 96%, low location: 4%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Stansted Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

17.1 km2

38.2%

Agriculture

15.9 km2

35.4%

Urban area

11.8 km2

26.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grain in country England

Grain 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	32 km	SouthEast
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	50 km	West
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55 km	WestNorthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sheerness

Type of weather in Sheerness	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	55 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam