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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: -1.3886,Lat: 53.7625
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	12:28:35pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leeds
Name	Garforth and Swillington

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kippax	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Woodend	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Little Preston	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Swillington	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Allerton Bywater	2.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	207 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	280 km	SouthWest
3 London	England	286 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 62 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eccup Reservoir (1 km² at a distance of 15.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 120.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 168 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

52.4 km2

66.7%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Great Preston in country England

Great Preston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	28 km	WestNorthWest
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	41 km	North
3 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	82 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Swillington

Type of weather in Swillington	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:44 Europe/Amsterdam