Hotels at London booking.com

Travel guide London

London

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -0.1068,Lat: 51.3191
Elevation	120 meter above sea level
Local time	21:40:39pm
Population	8278000 (largest city in country)
Name province/region (Country)	England
Wiki-website London Borough (London Borough)	Croydon
Name Electoral Ward/Division	Kenley

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Whyteleafe	2.4 km	SouthEast
2 Clock House	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Warlingham	3.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Caterham	4.1 km	South
5 Chaldon	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	0 km	East
2 Cardiff	Wales	214 km	WestNorthWest
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	270 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction EastNorthEast).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 20.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 181 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 253 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated.The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 20 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.3 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

22.3 km2

28.4%

Urban area

40.1 km2

51%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of London in country England

London 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	NorthNorthEast
2 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	20 km	North
3 Tower of London	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	21 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van London
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB London
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Whyteleafe

Type of weather in Whyteleafe	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	10 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	08:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:06 Europe/Amsterdam