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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: -1.7246,Lat: 53.6425
Elevation	139 meter above sea level
Local time	4:34:58am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kirklees
Name	Almondbury

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lepton	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Kirkheaton	1.9 km	North
3 Gregory Spring	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Upper Hopton	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Liley Wood	3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	190 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	258 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	281 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 67 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Torside Reservoir (0.6 km² at a distance of 20.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 94.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 132 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 49 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

4.1%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

39.9 km2

50.8%

Urban area

27.3 km2

34.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cowmes in country England

Cowmes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	North
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	60 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkburton

Type of weather in Kirkburton	moderate rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam