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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: 0.5887,Lat: 51.2908
Elevation	116 meter above sea level
Local time	5:49:05am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kent
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Maidstone
Name	Detling and Thurnham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Detling	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Broad Street	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Boxley	3.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hucking	4 km	East
5 Eyhorne Street	4.2 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	49 km	West
2 Cardiff	Wales	263 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	268 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Thames. The nearest bigger lake is Bewl Water (3.5 km² at a distance of 27.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is The Weald with a height of 84 meter (at a distance of 22.2 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 138.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 194 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, 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.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kent Downs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southend Airport (at a distance of 32 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.6%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

53.3 km2

67.8%

Urban area

9.1 km2

11.6%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thurnham in country England

Thurnham 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	34 km	East
2 Maritime Greenwich	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	NorthWest
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Maidstone

Type of weather in Maidstone	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:16 Europe/Amsterdam