Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock is a human settlement in West Midlands, England.

Population

The population of Much Wenlock is 2,906, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Much Wenlock there are 1,328 males, and 1,578 females.

Location

Much Wenlock is located at a Latitude of 52.582791 (52°34'58.05"N), and Longitude of -2.567631 (-2°34'3.47"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Much Wenlock is an average of 172 metres34.

The elevation of Much Wenlock ranges from a low point of about 55 metres, to a high point of about 317 metres.

Nearby to Much Wenlock

Human settlements nearby to Much Wenlock are Harley, Acton Round, Hughley, and Sheinton.

Woodland coverage of Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock has approximately 14% woodland coverage which is approximately 1,344.6 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Much Wenlock

How much of Much Wenlock is water? Well, Much Wenlock has 0.53% water coverage, which is 51.1 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. ↩︎ ↩︎