Desford

Desford is a human settlement in Leicestershire, England.

Population

The population of Desford is 3,027, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Desford there are 1,460 males, and 1,567 females.

Location

Desford is located at a Latitude of 52.631388 (52°37'53.00"N), and Longitude of -1.285395 (-1°17'7.42"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Desford is an average of 110 metres34.

The elevation of Desford ranges from a low point of about 45 metres, to a high point of about 158 metres.

Nearby to Desford

Human settlements nearby to Desford are Leicester Forest West, Ratby, Kirby Muxloe, and Newbold Verdon.

Woodland coverage of Desford

Desford has approximately 4% woodland coverage which is approximately 136.0 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Desford

How much of Desford is water? Well, Desford has 0.15% water coverage, which is 5.7 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. ↩︎ ↩︎