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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1623,Lat: 50.9875
Elevation	157 meter above sea level
Local time	14:43:05pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Dorset
Name	The Beacon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Melbury Abbas	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cann	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Charlton	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Ludwell	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Compton Abbas	2.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	91 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	148 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	173 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 48.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 80.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 77%, hill: 23%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.6 km2

7.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

69.7 km2

88.7%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cann Common in country England

Cann Common at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	32 km	EastNorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	WestSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shaftesbury

Type of weather in Shaftesbury	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam