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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: -1.951,Lat: 53.4425
Elevation	261 meter above sea level
Local time	13:29:05pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Derbyshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	High Peak
Name	Howard Town

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chunal	2.3 km	South
2 Gamesley	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Hollingworth	2.5 km	NorthWest
4 Charlesworth	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Tintwistle	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	184 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	232 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	268 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 62 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is High Peak with a height of 636 meter (at a distance of 8.3 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 70.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 29%, hill: 66%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 51 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.1 km2

2.7%

Nature

24.5 km2

31.2%

Wet nature

11.2 km2

14.3%

Agriculture

29.6 km2

37.8%

Urban area

10.1 km2

12.9%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glossop in country England

Glossop at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	33 km	SouthWest
2 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Glossop

Type of weather in Glossop	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam