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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 1.5774,Lat: 52.2086
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	23:08:35pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Suffolk
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Suffolk Coastal
Name	Leiston

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aldringham	1.8 km	South
2 Knodishall	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Coldfair Green	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Sizewell	2.7 km	East
5 Eastbridge	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	153 km	WestSouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	227 km	East
3 Brussel	Belgium	245 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Anglian. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Alton Water Reservoir (2 km² at a distance of 39.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 141.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 198 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 28%, low location: 72%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Stansted Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.4 km2

7.9%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

55.7 km2

81.8%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.6%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leiston in country England

Leiston 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	109 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	136 km	WestSouthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	138 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leiston

Type of weather in Leiston	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam