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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: 0.7628,Lat: 51.4366
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:01:32pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Swale
Name	Sheerness West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Queenborough	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Minster	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Grain	3.9 km	NorthWest
4 Iwade	7.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Eastchurch	7.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	62 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	259 km	EastSouthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	273 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sheerness lies at the North Sea (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hanningfield Reservoir (3.4 km² at a distance of 29.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 130.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 77%, low location: 23%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 62 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 16 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

8.6 km2

19.2%

Agriculture

20.4 km2

45.5%

Urban area

14.6 km2

32.5%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sheerness in country England

Sheerness 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	28 km	SouthEast
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sheerness

Type of weather in Sheerness	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam