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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: -2.7565,Lat: 54.6062
Elevation	195 meter above sea level
Local time	12:24:42pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cumbria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Eden
Name	Askham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Helton	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Whale	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lowther	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Hackthorpe	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Tirril	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	123 km	WestSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	163 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	204 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 41 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Ullswater (8.4 km² at a distance of 4.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Helvellyn with a height of 949 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 46.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 48%, hill: 52%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 144 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

Nature

14.3 km2

18.2%

Agriculture

57.9 km2

73.7%

Urban area

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Askham in country England

Askham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	26 km	WestSouthWest
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cumbria

Type of weather in Cumbria	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam