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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: 0.4565,Lat: 51.4156
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	4:28:23am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gravesham
Name	Higham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lower Higham	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Shorne	1.8 km	West
3 Shorne Rideway	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Church Street	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Rochester	3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	41 km	West
2 Cardiff	Wales	252 km	West
3 Brussel	Belgium	280 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 25.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 150.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 210 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 24%, low location: 76%, The hills are mainly northern 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 London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8 km2

10.8%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

43.1 km2

58.5%

Urban area

16.5 km2

22.3%

Infrastructure

2.4 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higham in country England

Higham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	WestNorthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	42 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 Medway

Type of weather in Medway	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam