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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0633,Lat: 53.5586
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	11:23:04am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Sefton
Name	Harington

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Great Altcar	3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Hightown	4.1 km	South
3 Lady Green	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Carr Houses	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Ince Blundell	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	115 km	NorthWest
2 Dublin	Ireland	214 km	West
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	220 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Brenig (3.9 km² at a distance of 58.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 32.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 76%, low location: 24%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 57 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Blackpool International Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.2 km2

4.8%

Nature

2.2 km2

3.3%

Wet nature

12 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

30.8 km2

45.9%

Urban area

9.2 km2

13.7%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

6.4 km2

9.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Formby in country England

Formby at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	18 km	South
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	62 km	SouthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Formby

Type of weather in Formby	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam