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London

United Kingdom > England > London

Average elevation: 138 ft

Kent

United Kingdom > England

Kent was also the location of the largest number of art schools in the country during the nineteenth century, estimated by the art historian David Haste, to approach two hundred. This is believed to be the result of Kent being a front line county during the Napoleonic Wars. At this time, before the invention…

Average elevation: 121 ft

Edinburgh

United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh

Some have called Edinburgh the Athens of the North for a variety of reasons. The earliest comparison between the two cities showed that they had a similar topography, with the Castle Rock of Edinburgh performing a similar role to the Athenian Acropolis. Both of them had flatter, fertile agricultural land…

Average elevation: 341 ft

City of London

United Kingdom > England > City of London > City of London

The elevation of the City ranges from sea level at the Thames to 21.6 metres (71 ft) at the junction of High Holborn and Chancery Lane. Two small but notable hills are within the historic core, Ludgate Hill to the west and Cornhill to the east. Between them ran the Walbrook, one of the many "lost" rivers or…

Average elevation: 138 ft

Hampshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 240 ft

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Scotland accounts for just under a third (32 per cent) of the total area of the UK, covering 78,772 square kilometres (30,410 sq mi). This includes nearly eight hundred islands, predominantly west and north of the mainland; notably the Hebrides, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands. Scotland is the most…

Average elevation: 259 ft

Coundon Grange

United Kingdom > England > County Durham

Average elevation: 430 ft

Basingstoke

United Kingdom > England > Hampshire > Basingstoke and Deane

Situated in a valley through the Hampshire Downs at an average elevation of 88 metres (289 ft) Basingstoke is a major interchange between Reading, Newbury, Andover, Winchester, and Alton, and lies on the natural trade route between the southwest of England and London. The area had been something of an…

Average elevation: 361 ft

Northamptonshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 318 ft

Brighton

United Kingdom > England > Brighton and Hove

Average elevation: 210 ft

Lincolnshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 92 ft

Sussex

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 128 ft

Harrogate

United Kingdom > England > North Yorkshire

Harrogate is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, with the Vale of York to the east and the upland Yorkshire Dales to the west and north-west. It has a dry and mild climate, typical of places in the rain shadow of the Pennines. It is on the A59 from Skipton to York. At an altitude of between 100 and…

Average elevation: 430 ft

North York Moors National Park

United Kingdom > England > North Yorkshire

As part of the United Kingdom, the North York Moors area generally has warm summers and relatively mild winters. Weather conditions vary from day to day as well as from season to season. The latitude of the area means that it is influenced by predominantly westerly winds with depressions and their associated…

Average elevation: 361 ft

Portsmouth

United Kingdom > England > Hampshire > Portsmouth

By road, Portsmouth lies 73.5 miles (118.3 km) from Central London, 49.5 miles (79.7 km) west of Brighton, and 22.3 miles (35.9 km) east of Southampton. Portsmouth is situated primarily on Portsea Island and is the United Kingdom's only island city, although parts of it have expanded onto the mainland. Gosport…

Average elevation: 92 ft

Tonbridge

United Kingdom > England > Kent > Tonbridge and Malling

Average elevation: 171 ft

Wrexham

United Kingdom > Wales > Wrexham

Average elevation: 456 ft

Cambridge

United Kingdom > England > Cambridge

The city, like most of the UK, has a maritime climate highly influenced by the Gulf Stream. Located in the driest region of Britain, Cambridge's rainfall averages around 570 mm (22.44 in) per year, around half the national average, with some years occasionally falling into the semi-arid (under 500 mm (19.69…

Average elevation: 59 ft

Herefordshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 522 ft

Somerset

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 285 ft

North Yorkshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 502 ft

East Riding of Yorkshire

United Kingdom > England

The western part of the district in the Vale of York borders on and is drained by the River Derwent. The landscape is generally low-lying and flat although minor ridges and glacial moraines provide some variations in topography. Where there are dry sandy soils there are remnants of historic heathlands and…

Average elevation: 98 ft

South East England

United Kingdom > England

Near Weybridge are the UK headquarters of Sony with SSP Group (situated in Byfleet) and Procter & Gamble (next door to each other on The Heights Business Park near the former Brooklands racing circuit) with Kia Motors UK and Petroleum Geo-Services UK, and Gallaher Group (cigarettes) is to the north, next to…

Average elevation: 226 ft

Lewes

United Kingdom > England > East Sussex

Average elevation: 131 ft

Leeds

United Kingdom > England

Lying in the eastern foothills of the Pennines, there is a significant variation in elevation within the city's built-up area. The district ranges from 1,115 feet (340 m) in the far west on the slopes of Ilkley Moor to about 33 feet (10 m) where the rivers Aire and Wharfe cross the eastern boundary. Land rises…

Average elevation: 308 ft

Malvern

United Kingdom > England > Worcestershire > Malvern Hills

Malvern lies in the Lower Severn/Avon plain affording it a degree of shelter caused by virtue of its nestling in between the Cotswold hills to the east, the Welsh Hills and Mountains to the west, and Birmingham plateau to the north. Although as with all the British Isles it has a maritime climate, the local…

Average elevation: 312 ft

Banbury

United Kingdom > England > Cherwell > Banbury

Average elevation: 390 ft

Plymouth

United Kingdom > England > Devon > Plymouth

The River Plym, which flows off Dartmoor to the north-east, forms a smaller estuary to the east of the city called Cattewater. Plymouth Sound is protected from the sea by the Plymouth Breakwater, in use since 1814. In the Sound is Drake's Island which is seen from Plymouth Hoe, a flat public area on top of…

Average elevation: 266 ft

Aberdeen

United Kingdom > Scotland > Aberdeen

Two weather stations collect climate data for the area, Aberdeen/Dyce Airport, and Craibstone. Both are about 4 1⁄2 miles (7 km) to the north west of the city centre, and given that they are in close proximity to each other, exhibit very similar climatic regimes. Dyce tends to have marginally warmer daytime…

Average elevation: 171 ft

Bromley

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 203 ft

Portishead

United Kingdom > England > Portishead

Average elevation: 85 ft

Rotherby

United Kingdom > England > Leicestershire > Melton

Average elevation: 253 ft

Hebden Bridge

United Kingdom > England > Calderdale

Average elevation: 909 ft

Chapeltown

United Kingdom > England > Sheffield

Average elevation: 371 ft

Hensbarrow Downs

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall > Stenalees

Average elevation: 784 ft

Rhydargaeau

United Kingdom > Wales > Carmarthenshire

Average elevation: 499 ft

Cherry Orchard

United Kingdom > England > Sandwell > Old Hill

Average elevation: 489 ft

Lister Park

United Kingdom > England > Bradford

Average elevation: 459 ft

Barnfield Park

United Kingdom > England > Prestwich

Average elevation: 249 ft

Dorset

United Kingdom > England > Talbot Village

Average elevation: 187 ft

Gloucestershire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 325 ft

Salford

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 171 ft

East of England

United Kingdom > England

The East of England region has the lowest elevation range in the UK. Twenty percent of the region is below mean sea level, most of this in North Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and on the Essex Coast. Most of the remaining area is of low elevation, with extensive glacial deposits. The Fens, a large area of reclaimed…

Average elevation: 128 ft

Bingham

United Kingdom > England > Nottinghamshire > Rushcliffe

Average elevation: 108 ft

Highland

United Kingdom > Scotland

Average elevation: 600 ft

Yarnton

United Kingdom > England > Oxfordshire > Cherwell District

Average elevation: 223 ft

Wool

United Kingdom > England > Dorset > Bovington

Average elevation: 121 ft

Charminster

United Kingdom > England > Dorset

Average elevation: 354 ft

Dishforth

United Kingdom > England > North Yorkshire

Average elevation: 98 ft

Glanton

United Kingdom > England > Northumberland

Average elevation: 387 ft

Holwick

United Kingdom > England > County Durham

Average elevation: 1,355 ft

Bedford

United Kingdom > England > Bedford

As with the rest of the United Kingdom, Bedford has a maritime climate, with a limited range of temperatures, and generally even rainfall throughout the year. The nearest Met Office weather station to Bedford is Bedford (Thurleigh) airport, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Bedford town centre at an elevation…

Average elevation: 121 ft

Gaping Gill

United Kingdom > England > North Yorkshire

Average elevation: 1,437 ft

Hemel Hempstead

United Kingdom > England > Hertfordshire > Dacorum

Average elevation: 427 ft

Richmond

United Kingdom > England > London

The town centre lies just below 33 ft (10m) above sea level. South of the town centre, rising from Richmond Bridge to an elevation of 165 ft (50m), is Richmond Hill. Just beyond the summit of Richmond Hill is Richmond Park, an area of 2,360 acres (9.55 km2; 3.7 sq mi) of wild heath and woodland originally…

Average elevation: 56 ft

Durham

United Kingdom > England > County Durham

Average elevation: 390 ft

Newport

United Kingdom > Wales > Newport

Average elevation: 292 ft

Clarborough

United Kingdom > England > Nottinghamshire > Bassetlaw

Average elevation: 112 ft

Harby

United Kingdom > England > Leicestershire > Melton

Average elevation: 174 ft

Ridley

United Kingdom > England > Kent > Sevenoaks > Hodsoll Street

Average elevation: 479 ft

Lower Upnor

United Kingdom > England > Medway

Average elevation: 72 ft

Rostrevor

United Kingdom > Northern Ireland > County Down

Average elevation: 256 ft

Moel Famau

United Kingdom > Wales > Denbighshire

Average elevation: 1,230 ft

Laleston

United Kingdom > Wales > Bridgend County Borough

Average elevation: 197 ft

Mid Lambrook

United Kingdom > England > Somerset > East Lambrook

Average elevation: 108 ft

Rosecare

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall > Higher Crackington

Average elevation: 436 ft

Beversbrook

United Kingdom > England > Wiltshire > Calne

Average elevation: 295 ft

Watford

United Kingdom > England > West Northamptonshire

Average elevation: 423 ft

Boustead Hill

United Kingdom > England > Cumberland

Average elevation: 26 ft

Cranbourne

United Kingdom > England > Bracknell Forest

Average elevation: 233 ft

Knapp Mill

United Kingdom > England > Devon > South Hams > Loddiswell

Average elevation: 210 ft

Tredinnick

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall

Average elevation: 259 ft

Kallin

United Kingdom > Scotland > Western Isles

Average elevation: 33 ft

Selworthy Sand

United Kingdom > England > Somerset > Bossington

Average elevation: 243 ft

Garnfadryn

United Kingdom > Wales > Gwynedd

Average elevation: 374 ft

Sundrum Castle

United Kingdom > Scotland > South Ayrshire > Coylton

Average elevation: 207 ft

Hertfordshire

United Kingdom > England

Elevations are higher in the north and west, reaching more than 800 feet (240 m) in the Chilterns near Tring. The county centres on the headwaters and upper valleys of the rivers Lea and the Colne; both flow south, and each is accompanied by a canal. Hertfordshire's undeveloped land is mainly agricultural,…

Average elevation: 269 ft

Cheshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 338 ft

City of Bristol

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 262 ft

Oxfordshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 371 ft

West Yorkshire

United Kingdom > England

Wakefield's Parish Church was raised to cathedral status in 1888 and after the elevation of Wakefield to diocese, Wakefield Council immediately sought city status and this was granted in July 1888. However the industrial revolution, which changed West and South Yorkshire significantly, led to the growth of…

Average elevation: 564 ft

Lancashire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 502 ft

East Sussex

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 141 ft

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