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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: -5.5823,Lat: 50.102
Elevation	85 meter above sea level
Local time	6:45:38am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	St. Buryan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kerris	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tredavoe	1.6 km	East
3 Sancreed	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Newlyn	2.2 km	East
5 Paul	2.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	230 km	EastNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	231 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	269 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is The Loe/Carminowe Creek (0.7 km² at a distance of 20.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 266.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 373 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 97%, 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 Shannon Airport (at a distance of 372 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

2.9 km2

4.2%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

60.7 km2

88.3%

Urban area

4.5 km2

6.6%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Drift in country England

Drift at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	15 km	East
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	196 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	256 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Penzance

Type of weather in Penzance	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	12.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	07:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam