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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: -1.1763,Lat: 52.6956
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	13:29:19pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Charnwood
Name	Rothley and Thurcaston

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thurcaston	1.1 km	EastSouthEast
2 Swithland	2 km	North
3 Anstey	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Rothley	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Mountsorrel	3.8 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	170 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	191 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	273 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 81 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Staunton Harold Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 21 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 107.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 150 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 47 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 18 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.3 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

44 km2

56%

Urban area

19.3 km2

24.6%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cropston in country England

Cropston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	West
3 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	96 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mountsorrel

Type of weather in Mountsorrel	few clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam