Hemel Hempstead

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.4741,Lat: 51.7515
Elevation	103 meter above sea level
Local time	6:26:39am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Hertfordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dacorum
Name	Hemel Hempstead Town

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rucklers Lane	3.2 km	South
2 Water End	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Potten End	4.2 km	NorthWest
4 Kings Langley	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Nettleden	4.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	55 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	189 km	West
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	295 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 61 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Queen Mother Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 30.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Chiltern Hills with a height of 247 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 150.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 210 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Luton Airport (at a distance of 16 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

50.7 km2

64.5%

Urban area

22.5 km2

28.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hemel Hempstead in country England

Hemel Hempstead at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	37 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hemel Hempstead

Type of weather in Hemel Hempstead	mist
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	06:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam