South Hykeham

South Hykeham is a human settlement in Lincolnshire, England.

Population

The population of South Hykeham is 494, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In South Hykeham there are 243 males, and 251 females.

Location

South Hykeham is located at a Latitude of 53.168424 (53°10'6.32"N), and Longitude of -0.606153 (0°36'22.15"E)2.

Elevation

The elevation of South Hykeham is an average of 12 metres34.

The elevation of South Hykeham ranges from a low point of about 3 metres, to a high point of about 33 metres.

Nearby to South Hykeham

Human settlements nearby to South Hykeham are Aubourn with Haddington, North Hykeham, Thorpe on the Hill, and Harmston.

Woodland coverage of South Hykeham

South Hykeham has approximately 1% woodland coverage which is approximately 11.4 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of South Hykeham

How much of South Hykeham is water? Well, South Hykeham has 4.95% water coverage, which is 89.6 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. ↩︎ ↩︎