Herne and Broomfield

Herne and Broomfield is a human settlement in Kent, England.

Population

The population of Herne and Broomfield is 7,516, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Herne and Broomfield there are 3,668 males, and 3,848 females.

Location

Herne and Broomfield is located at a Latitude of 51.347347 (51°20'50.45"N), and Longitude of 1.135371 (1°8'7.33"E)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Herne and Broomfield is an average of 37 metres34.

The elevation of Herne and Broomfield ranges from a low point of about 6 metres, to a high point of about 81 metres.

Nearby to Herne and Broomfield

Human settlements nearby to Herne and Broomfield are Hoath, Sturry, Chestfield, and Chislet.

Woodland coverage of Herne and Broomfield

Herne and Broomfield has approximately 20% woodland coverage which is approximately 532.0 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Herne and Broomfield

How much of Herne and Broomfield is water? Well, Herne and Broomfield has 0.18% water coverage, which is 4.9 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. ↩︎ ↩︎