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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.7818,Lat: 51.2789
Elevation	97 meter above sea level
Local time	7:24:09am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sedgemoor
Name	Cheddar and Shipham

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Axbridge	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Clewer	3.1 km	SouthWest
3 Draycott	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Shipham	4.1 km	North
5 Weare	4.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	37 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	186 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	204 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cheddar Reservoir (0.7 km² at a distance of 0.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Mendip Hills with a height of 305 meter (at a distance of 8.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 41 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 57 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 27%, low location: 42%, hill: 31%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bristol Airport (at a distance of 12 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.8 km2

8.6%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

62.6 km2

79.6%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cheddar in country England

Cheddar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	32 km	East
2 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cheddar

Type of weather in Cheddar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam