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London

United Kingdom > England > London

Average elevation: 42 m

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: 81 m

Barnfield Park

United Kingdom > England > Prestwich

Average elevation: 76 m

Cheshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 103 m

Stafford

United Kingdom > England > Staffordshire

Average elevation: 127 m

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: 104 m

Bromley

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 62 m

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: 69 m

Abergavenny

United Kingdom > Wales > Monmouthshire

Average elevation: 187 m

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: 37 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…

Average elevation: 42 m

Hebden Bridge

United Kingdom > England > Calderdale

Average elevation: 277 m

Derry/Londonderry

United Kingdom > Northern Ireland > County Londonderry

Derry is characterised by its distinctively hilly topography. The River Foyle forms a deep valley as it flows through the city, making Derry a place of very steep streets and sudden, startling views. The original walled city of Londonderry lies on a hill on the west bank of the River Foyle. In the past, the…

Average elevation: 88 m

Wimbledon

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 26 m

Rosecare

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall > Higher Crackington

Average elevation: 133 m

Tredinnick

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall

Average elevation: 79 m

Ham

United Kingdom > England > Somerset > Combe St Nicholas

Average elevation: 171 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…

Average elevation: 100 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…

Average elevation: 18 m

Brighton

United Kingdom > England > Brighton and Hove

Average elevation: 64 m

Hampstead Heath

United Kingdom > England > London

Average elevation: 94 m

City of Bristol

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 80 m

Worcestershire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 99 m

Somerset

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 87 m

Dorset

United Kingdom > England > Talbot Village

Average elevation: 57 m

Gloucestershire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 99 m

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: 172 m

Lancashire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 153 m

Shropshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 166 m

Essex

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 44 m

Devon

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 94 m

North Norfolk

United Kingdom > England > Norfolk

Average elevation: 26 m

Farnham

United Kingdom > England > Surrey > Waverley

Farnham lies in the valley of the North Branch of the River Wey, which rises near Alton, merges with the South Branch at Tilford, and joins the River Thames at Weybridge. The mainly east-west alignment of the ridges and valleys has influenced the development of road and rail communications. The most prominent…

Average elevation: 100 m

Ridgewell

United Kingdom > England > Braintree

Average elevation: 77 m

Ingham

United Kingdom > England > Suffolk

Average elevation: 43 m

Threshfield

United Kingdom > England > North Yorkshire

Average elevation: 249 m

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: 52 m

Durham

United Kingdom > England > County Durham

Average elevation: 119 m

Rowhedge

United Kingdom > England > Essex > Colchester

Average elevation: 20 m

Newport

United Kingdom > Wales > Newport

Average elevation: 89 m

Portishead

United Kingdom > England > Portishead

Average elevation: 26 m

Upper Stoke

United Kingdom > England > Medway

Average elevation: 14 m

Toot Hill

United Kingdom > England > Essex > Epping Forest

Average elevation: 81 m

Llowes

United Kingdom > Wales > Powys

Average elevation: 145 m

Knighton

United Kingdom > Wales > Powys

The town became a borough in 1203, with a charter permitting a weekly market and annual fair. The presence of two castles within a comparatively small town suggests that one (the earlier motte and bailey sited atop the town) went out of use before the establishment of the second (the motte with no bailey at…

Average elevation: 295 m

Ridley

United Kingdom > England > Kent > Sevenoaks > Hodsoll Street

Average elevation: 146 m

Schiehallion

United Kingdom > Scotland > Perth and Kinross

Schiehallion lies between Loch Tay, Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel, about 10 miles (16 kilometres) to the west-north-west of Aberfeldy in Perthshire. The mountain, with an elevation of 1,083 metres (3,553 ft), is isolated from other peaks and has an almost perfectly conical shape from the west. The view of the…

Average elevation: 652 m

Moel Famau

United Kingdom > Wales > Denbighshire

Average elevation: 375 m

Hilcote

United Kingdom > England > Derbyshire > Bolsover

Average elevation: 141 m

Efail Fach

United Kingdom > Wales > Neath Port Talbot

Average elevation: 192 m

Beacon

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall > Camborne

Average elevation: 125 m

Vixen Tor

United Kingdom > England > Devon > West Devon

Average elevation: 296 m

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: 79 m

Forton

United Kingdom > England > Somerset > Chard

Average elevation: 113 m

Watford

United Kingdom > England > West Northamptonshire

Average elevation: 129 m

Boustead Hill

United Kingdom > England > Cumberland

Average elevation: 8 m

Knapp Mill

United Kingdom > England > Devon > South Hams > Loddiswell

Average elevation: 64 m

The Arches

United Kingdom > England > City of Bristol > Bristol

Average elevation: 50 m

Garnfadryn

United Kingdom > Wales > Gwynedd

Average elevation: 114 m

Hensbarrow Downs

United Kingdom > England > Cornwall > Stenalees

Average elevation: 239 m

Blea Tarn

United Kingdom > England > Cumberland > Boot > Beckfoot

Blea Tarn is a lake in Eskdale, Cumbria, in the English Lake District, located about half a mile north of Beckfoot. Located at an elevation of 217 m (712 ft), the lake has an area of 3.3 hectares (8.2 acres) and measures 277 m × 150 m (909 ft × 492 ft), with a maximum depth of 11 m (36 ft).

Average elevation: 144 m

Mayfield Park

United Kingdom > England > Manchester

Average elevation: 47 m

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: 82 m

Oxfordshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 113 m

Lincolnshire

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 28 m

Barnsley

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 139 m

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: 39 m

Greater London

United Kingdom > England

Average elevation: 66 m

Cambridgeshire

United Kingdom > England

Cambridgeshire has a maritime temperate climate which is broadly similar to the rest of the United Kingdom, though it is drier than the UK average due to its low altitude and easterly location, the prevailing southwesterly winds having already deposited moisture on higher ground further west. Average winter…

Average elevation: 32 m

Worleston

United Kingdom > England > Cheshire East

Average elevation: 42 m

Hoe

United Kingdom > England > Norfolk > Breckland District > Hoe

Average elevation: 44 m

Joy's Wood

United Kingdom > England > Birmingham > Wake Green

Average elevation: 140 m

Highland

United Kingdom > Scotland

Average elevation: 183 m

Dumfries and Galloway

United Kingdom > Scotland

Average elevation: 163 m

Teignbridge

United Kingdom > England > Devon

Average elevation: 140 m

Wanlip

United Kingdom > England > Leicestershire > Charnwood > Wanlip

Average elevation: 63 m

Kirdford

United Kingdom > England > West Sussex > Chichester

Average elevation: 33 m

Charvil

United Kingdom > England > Borough of Wokingham

Average elevation: 43 m

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