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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: 0.4861,Lat: 51.3959
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	8:09:11am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Medway
Name	Strood South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Upnor	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Higham	3 km	NorthWest
3 Cuxton	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Shorne Rideway	3.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Lower Upnor	3.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	42 km	West
2 Cardiff	Wales	255 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	277 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rochester lies at the North Sea (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 27.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is North Downs with a height of 197 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 147.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 207 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 55 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

8.1 km2

10.9%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

32.2 km2

43.1%

Urban area

25.4 km2

34.1%

Infrastructure

4.8 km2

6.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rochester in country England

Rochester 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	35 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	41 km	WestNorthWest
3 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Strood

Type of weather in Strood	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam