Harpenden

Harpenden is a human settlement in Hertfordshire, England.

Population

The population of Harpenden is 29,924, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Harpenden there are 14,660 males, and 15,264 females.

Location

Harpenden is located at a Latitude of 51.815014 (51°48'54.05"N), and Longitude of -0.3543 (0°21'15.48"E)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Harpenden is an average of 114 metres34.

The elevation of Harpenden ranges from a low point of about 59 metres, to a high point of about 156 metres.

Nearby to Harpenden

Human settlements nearby to Harpenden are Harpenden Rural, Wheathampstead, Redbourn, and Hyde.

Woodland coverage of Harpenden

Harpenden has approximately 4% woodland coverage which is approximately 134.4 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Harpenden

How much of Harpenden is water? Well, Harpenden has 0.08% water coverage, which is 2.6 hectare of water5.

  1. Population values are aggregated by myself from the 178,605 census output areas in England, for the 2021 census of the United Kingdom, and are published on NOMIS official government census website. ↩︎

  2. location is the calculated centroid for geometries published by ONS Geography Linked Data portal. ↩︎

  3. From GDEM V3 (Global Digital Elevation Model V003) dataset I have sampled at a resolution of 13 million per degree latitude and degree longitude. In everyday terms the town of Andover, Hampshire is sampled approximately 45 thousand times. From my testing this is enough to pickup subtle changes in road elevation over small distances, such as a couple of house blocks. ↩︎

  4. The average listed is a median value for elevation samples recorded in the polygon for a given location. ↩︎

  5. Woodland, and water coverage calculated from OpenStreetMap data retrieved February 2024. ↩︎ ↩︎