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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.9183,Lat: 53.257
Elevation	331 meter above sea level
Local time	20:20:38pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Derbyshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	High Peak
Name	Corbar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 King Sterndale	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Upper End	4.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Combs	5.1 km	North
4 Peak Dale	5.2 km	NorthEast
5 Dove Holes	5.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	196 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	214 km	SouthWest
3 London	England	249 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 74 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Tittesworth Reservoir (0.7 km² at a distance of 13.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is High Peak with a height of 636 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 62.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 26 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 62 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

2.3%

Nature

15.6 km2

19.8%

Wet nature

15.5 km2

19.7%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

42.7%

Urban area

5.5 km2

6.9%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buxton in country England

Buxton 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	26 km	West
2 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38 km	SouthEast
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buxton

Type of weather in Buxton	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam