Mappa topografica Wirral

Altitudine media: 42 m

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…

Altitudine media: 18 m

Altitudine media: 16 m

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…

Altitudine media: 96 m

Altitudine media: 31 m

Altitudine media: 18 m

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…

Altitudine media: 94 m

Altitudine media: 26 m

Altitudine media: 94 m

Altitudine media: 64 m

Altitudine media: 76 m

Topographically, Halifax is located in the south-eastern corner of the moorland region called the South Pennines. Halifax is situated about 4 miles (6 km) from the M62 motorway, close to Bradford and Huddersfield. The A641 road links the town with Brighouse, Bradford and Huddersfield. The Hebble Brook joins…

Altitudine media: 195 m

Altitudine media: 61 m

Altitudine media: 21 m

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…

Altitudine media: 37 m

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…

Altitudine media: 81 m

Altitudine media: 263 m

Altitudine media: 97 m

Altitudine media: 56 m

Altitudine media: 127 m

Altitudine media: 111 m

Altitudine media: 91 m

Altitudine media: 119 m

Altitudine media: 19 m

Altitudine media: 56 m

Altitudine media: 201 m

The town centre is about 50 feet (15 m) above sea level on a gravel terrace rising from the River Thames. The north of the town has developed on London Clay and is situated as much as 150 ft (46 m) above sea level. A continuous gentle rise in the eastern suburbs towards Gidea Park and Harold Wood peaks around…

Altitudine media: 29 m

Altitudine media: 4 m

Altitudine media: 64 m

Altitudine media: 97 m

Altitudine media: 95 m

Altitudine media: 37 m

Altitudine media: 118 m

Altitudine media: 19 m

Altitudine media: 170 m

Altitudine media: 119 m

Altitudine media: 23 m

Altitudine media: 170 m

Altitudine media: 17 m

Kingston upon Hull is on the northern bank of the Humber Estuary. The city centre is west of the River Hull and close to the Humber. The city is built upon alluvial and glacial deposits which overlie chalk rocks but the underlying chalk has no influence on the topography. The land within the city is generally…

Altitudine media: 21 m

Altitudine media: 109 m

Altitudine media: 133 m

Altitudine media: 240 m

Bradford is located at 53°45′00″N 01°50′00″W / 53.75000°N 1.83333°W / 53.75000; -1.83333 (53.7500, -1.8333)1. Topographically, it is located in the eastern moorland region of the South Pennines.

Altitudine media: 167 m

Altitudine media: 21 m

Altitudine media: 118 m

Altitudine media: 79 m

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…

Altitudine media: 42 m

Altitudine media: 31 m

Altitudine media: 33 m

Altitudine media: 68 m

Altitudine media: 37 m

Altitudine media: 24 m

Altitudine media: 23 m

Altitudine media: 13 m

Altitudine media: 223 m

Altitudine media: 97 m

Altitudine media: 277 m

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…

Altitudine media: 100 m

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…

Altitudine media: 17 m

Altitudine media: 97 m

Mary Russell Mitford lived in Reading for a number of years and then spent the rest of her life just outside the town at Three Mile Cross and Swallowfield. The fictional Belford Regis of her eponymous novel, first published in 1835, is largely based on Reading. Described with topographical accuracy, it is…

Altitudine media: 56 m

Altitudine media: 156 m

Altitudine media: 111 m

Altitudine media: 142 m

Altitudine media: 34 m

Altitudine media: 171 m

Altitudine media: 30 m

Altitudine media: 109 m

Altitudine media: 25 m

Altitudine media: 69 m

Altitudine media: 31 m

Altitudine media: 53 m

Altitudine media: 125 m

Altitudine media: 64 m

Altitudine media: 178 m

This part of Delamere Forest is undulating in character, with elevations predominantly in the range 60–90 metres. It is composed of numerous hummocks and peatland basins, some of which are glacial in origin while others have been created by sand extraction. The basins form lakes and mosses (bogs) within the…

Altitudine media: 90 m

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…

Altitudine media: 33 m

Altitudine media: 9 m

Altitudine media: 57 m

Altitudine media: 142 m

Altitudine media: 25 m

In the late 18th century, the low-altitude Summit Gap between Littleborough and Walsden was approved as the best route over the Pennines for the Rochdale Canal and the Manchester to Leeds railway; Hollingworth Lake was built at Littleborough's south side as a feeder reservoir to regulate the waters of the…

Altitudine media: 266 m

Altitudine media: 81 m

Altitudine media: 191 m

Putney Heath is around 400 acres (160 hectares) less the nascent A3 road in size and rises to 45 metres (148 ft) 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.…

Altitudine media: 18 m

Altitudine media: 246 m

Altitudine media: 82 m

Altitudine media: 209 m

Altitudine media: 38 m

Altitudine media: 293 m

Altitudine media: 93 m

Altitudine media: 76 m

Altitudine media: 252 m

Altitudine media: 260 m

Altitudine media: 104 m

Altitudine media: 66 m

Altitudine media: 15 m

Altitudine media: 213 m

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…

Altitudine media: 28 m