Cartes topographiques England
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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
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
Gateshead
United Kingdom > England > Tyne and Wear > Gateshead
One of the most distinguishing features of Gateshead is its topography. The land rises 230 feet (70 m) from Gateshead Quays to the town centre and continues rising to a height of 525 feet (160 m) at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sheriff Hill. This is in contrast to the flat and low lying Team Valley located on…
Altitude moyenne : 62 m
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
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 > Cambridgeshire
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, The driest recent year was in 2011 with 380.4 mm (14.98 in) of rain at the…
Altitude moyenne : 33 m
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…
Altitude moyenne : 42 m
Bury St Edmunds
United Kingdom > England > West Suffolk > Bury St Edmunds
The name Bury is etymologically connected with borough, which has cognates in other Germanic languages such as the German burg meaning "fortress, castle"; Old Norse borg meaning "wall, castle"; and Gothic baurgs meaning "city". They all derive from Proto-Germanic *burgs meaning "fortress". This in turn derives…
Altitude moyenne : 59 m
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…
Altitude moyenne : 110 m
East Midlands
The highest point at 636 m (2,087 ft) is Kinder Scout, in the Peak District of the southern Pennines in northwest Derbyshire near Glossop. Other hilly areas of 95 to 280 m (312 to 919 ft) in altitude, together with lakes and reservoirs, rise in and around the Charnwood Forest north of Peterborough, Leicester,…
Altitude moyenne : 75 m
The Weald
Neither the thin infertile sands of the High Weald or the wet sticky clays of the Low Weald are suited to intensive arable farming and the topography of the area often increases the difficulties. There are limited areas of fertile greens and which can be used for intensive vegetable growing, as in the valley…
Altitude moyenne : 41 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
Creswell Model Village
United Kingdom > England > Derbyshire > Bolsover > Creswell Model Village
Altitude moyenne : 101 m
Bottomhouse
United Kingdom > England > Staffordshire > Staffordshire Moorlands > Ipstones
Altitude moyenne : 312 m
Ashdown Forest
United Kingdom > England > East Sussex > Wealden
Ashdown Forest is an ancient area of open heathland occupying the highest sandy ridge-top of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is situated 30 miles (48 km) south of London in the county East Sussex, England. Rising to an elevation of 732 feet (223 m) above sea level, its heights provide…
Altitude moyenne : 117 m
Oldbury Court Estate/Vassals Park
United Kingdom > England > City of Bristol > Bristol
Altitude moyenne : 56 m
Long Bennington
United Kingdom > England > Lincolnshire > South Kesteven > Long Bennington
Altitude moyenne : 26 m
River Trent
A distinctive feature of the catchment is the marked variation in the topography and character of the landscape, which varies from the upland moorland headwaters of the Dark Peak, where the highest point of the catchment is the Kinder Scout plateau at 634 metres (2,080 ft); through to the intensively farmed…
Altitude moyenne : 121 m
Ware
United Kingdom > England > Hertfordshire > East Hertfordshire > Great Amwell
Altitude moyenne : 55 m
Weston-on-the-Green
United Kingdom > England > Oxfordshire > Cherwell District
Altitude moyenne : 72 m
Wimbledon Common
United Kingdom > England > London
Putney Heath is around 160 hectares (400 acres) in size and sits at approximately 45 metres (148 feet) above sea level. Because of its elevation, from 1796 to 1816 Putney Heath hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain, which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in Portsmouth. This was…
Altitude moyenne : 35 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
