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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: 0.2616,Lat: 51.4434
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	18:55:38pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Dartford
Name	Stone

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bluewater Retail Park	0.8 km	SouthEast
2 Fleet-Downs	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Greenhithe	1.7 km	East
4 Knockhall	2.1 km	East
5 New Town	2.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	29 km	WestSouthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	239 km	West
3 Brussel	Belgium	294 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bough Beech Reservoir (1.1 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is North Downs with a height of 197 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 164.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 230 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 31%, low location: 69%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 46 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is London City Airport (at a distance of 16 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

47.5%

Urban area

28.3 km2

39.7%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stone in country England

Stone 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	19 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	25 km	WestNorthWest
3 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	28 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 Stone

Type of weather in Stone	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam