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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.8879,Lat: 52.5159
Elevation	307 meter above sea level
Local time	16:25:32pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Shropshire
Name	Bishop's Castle

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Myndtown	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Wentnor	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Eaton	3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Minton	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Norbury	3.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	115 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	212 km	NorthNorthWest
3 London	England	233 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 70 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Efyrnwy (5.5 km² at a distance of 47.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 7.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 26%, hill: 74%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Shropshire Hills

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 78 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.9 km2

6.2%

Nature

22.8 km2

29.1%

Agriculture

50.7 km2

64.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Asterton in country England

Asterton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31 km	EastNorthEast
2 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	North
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	84 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Norbury

Type of weather in Norbury	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam