Cartes topographiques England
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Kent
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…
Altitude moyenne : 37 m
South East 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…
Altitude moyenne : 69 m
East of 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…
Altitude moyenne : 39 m
North East England
North East England has a Marine west coast climate (generally found along the west coast of middle latitude continents) with narrower temperature ranges than the south of England and sufficient precipitation in all months. Summers and winters are mild rather than extremely hot or cold, due to the strong…
Altitude moyenne : 165 m
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…
Altitude moyenne : 37 m
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…
Altitude moyenne : 18 m
Salisbury
United Kingdom > England > Salisbury
Bishop of Salisbury Hubert Walter was instrumental in the negotiations with Saladin during the Third Crusade, but he spent little time in his diocese prior to his elevation to archbishop of Canterbury. The brothers Herbert and Richard Poore succeeded him and began planning the relocation of the cathedral into…
Altitude moyenne : 96 m
St Albans
United Kingdom > England > Hertfordshire > St Albans
St Albans was an ancient borough created following the dissolution of the monastery in 1539. It consisted of the ancient parish of St Albans (also known as the Abbey parish) and parts of St Michael and St Peter. The municipal corporation was reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and the boundary was…
Altitude moyenne : 100 m
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…
Altitude moyenne : 109 m
Ely
United Kingdom > England > Ely
For over 800 years the cathedral and its associated buildings—built on an elevation 68 feet (21 m) above the nearby fens—have visually influenced the city and its surrounding area. Geographer John Jones, writing in 1924, reports that "from the roof of King's Chapel in Cambridge, on a clear day, Ely can be…
Altitude moyenne : 13 m
Yorkshire and the Humber
In the Yorkshire and the Humber region, there is a very close relationship between the major topographical areas and the underlying geology. The Pennine chain of hills in the west is of Carboniferous origin. The central vale is Permo-Triassic. The North York Moors in the north-east of the region are Jurassic…
Altitude moyenne : 120 m
Stratford-on-Avon
United Kingdom > England > Warwickshire > Stratford-on-Avon
Altitude moyenne : 108 m
Weston-on-the-Green
United Kingdom > England > Oxfordshire > Cherwell District
Altitude moyenne : 72 m
Stow-on-the-Wold
United Kingdom > England > Gloucestershire > Cotswold District
Altitude moyenne : 163 m
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…
Altitude moyenne : 28 m
Great Chishill
United Kingdom > England > Cambridgeshire > South Cambridgeshire
Altitude moyenne : 112 m
Barden Lake
United Kingdom > England > Kent > Tonbridge and Malling > Tonbridge
Altitude moyenne : 33 m
Hartshill Hayes Country Park
United Kingdom > England > Warwickshire > North Warwickshire > Ansley Common
Altitude moyenne : 127 m
Stockton-on-Tees
United Kingdom > England > Stockton-on-Tees > Stockton-on-Tees
Altitude moyenne : 17 m
Underground reservoir
United Kingdom > England > Kent > Tunbridge Wells > Hartley > Flishinghurst
Altitude moyenne : 103 m
Windermere
United Kingdom > England > Cumbria > South Lakeland > Bowness-on-Windermere
There is debate as to whether the stretch of water between Newby Bridge and Lakeside at the southern end of the lake should be considered part of Windermere, or a navigable stretch of the River Leven. This affects the stated length of the lake, which is 11.23 miles (18.07 km) long if measured from the bridge…
Altitude moyenne : 132 m
Burnham-on-Crouch
United Kingdom > England > Essex > Maldon > Burnham-on-Crouch
Altitude moyenne : 7 m
South Hams
United Kingdom > England > Devon
Geography divides into three unequal, fuzzy bands, one with bays, headlands, the birdlife, fishing and small harbour towns' estuaries and rias; an unequal wide-ranging elevations middle band with the main, well-conserved towns and; a sparsely populated, upland National Park moorland in the north. For over a…
Altitude moyenne : 98 m
Tedburn St. Mary
United Kingdom > England > Devon > Teignbridge > Tedburn St Mary
Altitude moyenne : 137 m
