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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: -1.7481,Lat: 50.7353
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:04:40am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Christchurch
Name	Mudeford and Friars Cliff

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Winkton	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Neacroft	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Naish Farm	4.5 km	East
4 Sopley	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Bransgore	5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	132 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	132 km	EastNorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	154 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Christchurch lies at the English Channel (direction SouthWest).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 88.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 119.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 167 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 56%, low location: 44%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 8.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

6.4%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.9%

Wet nature

2.1 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

19.8 km2

40.3%

Urban area

21 km2

42.7%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Christchurch in country England

Christchurch 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	50 km	North
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	84 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Christchurch

Type of weather in Christchurch	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:21 Europe/Amsterdam