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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: -2.9405,Lat: 54.9483
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	9:28:00am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cumbria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carlisle
Name	Longtown & Rockcliffe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Harker	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Low Harker	1.3 km	SouthWest
3 Westlinton	2.6 km	North
4 Houghton	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Todhills	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	125 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	133 km	WestSouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	196 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 5 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Bassenthwaite Lake (5.1 km² at a distance of 35.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 8.6 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, 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 Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

4.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

66.5 km2

84.6%

Urban area

6 km2

7.7%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blackford in country England

Blackford at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	East
2 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	90 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carlisle

Type of weather in Carlisle	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam