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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: -1.0302,Lat: 52.5759
Elevation	115 meter above sea level
Local time	19:33:51pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Harborough
Name	Glen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burton Overy	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Newton Harcourt	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Little Stretton	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Carlton Curlieu	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 King's Norton	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	154 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	190 km	WestSouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	289 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 77 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eyebrook Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 18.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 120.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 169 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 51 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

67.6 km2

86%

Urban area

9.1 km2

11.6%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Great Glen in country England

Great Glen 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	59 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	85 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	98 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Great Glen

Type of weather in Great Glen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam