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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: -2.4885,Lat: 53.5274
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	23:05:35pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Wigan
Name	Atherton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Westhoughton	2.1 km	NorthWest
2 Tyldesley	2.6 km	SouthEast
3 Higher Folds	2.6 km	South
4 Hunger Hill	3.4 km	North
5 Leigh	3.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	149 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	231 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	252 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 35.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 46.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 24 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 32 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

38.7 km2

49.3%

Urban area

33.8 km2

43.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Atherton in country England

Atherton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	South
2 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	WestSouthWest
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Atherton

Type of weather in Atherton	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam