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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: -2.4407,Lat: 50.7096
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	19:54:45pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Dorset
Name	Dorchester North

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burton	1.5 km	North
2 Winterborne Herringston	2.1 km	South
3 Winterborne Monkton	2.4 km	SouthWest
4 Charminster	2.7 km	North
5 Winterborne Came	2.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	102 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	140 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	170 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cheddar Reservoir (0.7 km² at a distance of 67.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 104.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 147 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 162 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

69.8 km2

88.9%

Urban area

6.1 km2

7.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dorchester in country England

Dorchester at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	39 km	West
2 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	68 km	NorthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dorchester

Type of weather in Dorchester	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam