Burgh by Sands

Burgh by Sands is a human settlement in Cumbria, England.

Population

The population of Burgh by Sands is 1,242, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Burgh by Sands there are 613 males, and 629 females.

Location

Burgh by Sands is located at a Latitude of 54.917136 (54°55'1.69"N), and Longitude of -3.069373 (-3°4'9.74"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Burgh by Sands is an average of 13 metres34.

The elevation of Burgh by Sands ranges from a low point of about 0 metres, to a high point of about 76 metres.

Nearby to Burgh by Sands

Human settlements nearby to Burgh by Sands are Beaumont, Kirkbampton, and Rockcliffe.

Woodland coverage of Burgh by Sands

Burgh by Sands has approximately 4% woodland coverage which is approximately 288.6 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Burgh by Sands

How much of Burgh by Sands is water? Well, Burgh by Sands has 0.32% water coverage, which is 23.0 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. ↩︎ ↩︎