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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.3465,Lat: 53.79
Elevation	118 meter above sea level
Local time	18:05:40pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hyndburn
Name	Altham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Huncoat	2 km	South
2 Simonstone	2 km	North
3 Padiham	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Hapton	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Clayton-Le-Moors	3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	146 km	WestNorthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	250 km	WestNorthWest
3 Glasgow	Scotland	255 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stocks Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 22.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 75.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 85%, hill: 15%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.8 km2

3.5%

Nature

6.4 km2

8.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

47.7 km2

60.7%

Urban area

18.4 km2

23.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altham in country England

Altham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	37 km	East
2 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	61 km	SouthWest
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Altham
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Padiham

Type of weather in Padiham	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam