Askham Richard

Askham Richard is a human settlement in Yorkshire and The Humber, England.

Population

The population of Askham Richard is 308, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Askham Richard there are 107 males, and 201 females.

Location

Askham Richard is located at a Latitude of 53.925891 (53°55'33.21"N), and Longitude of -1.183703 (-1°11'1.33"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Askham Richard is an average of 18 metres34.

The elevation of Askham Richard ranges from a low point of about 6 metres, to a high point of about 52 metres.

Nearby to Askham Richard

Human settlements nearby to Askham Richard are Bilbrough, Askham Bryan, Rufforth with Knapton, and Copmanthorpe.

Woodland coverage of Askham Richard

Askham Richard has approximately 5% woodland coverage which is approximately 61.6 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Askham Richard

How much of Askham Richard is water? Well, Askham Richard has 0.11% water coverage, which is 1.2 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. ↩︎ ↩︎