Heighington

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.6192,Lat: 54.5915
Elevation	120 meter above sea level
Local time	22:30:58pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Darlington
Name	Heighington and Coniscliffe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Redworth	1.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 School Aycliffe	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Houghton-Le-Side	2.2 km	West
4 Walworth	3.3 km	SouthWest
5 Newton Aycliffe	3.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	192 km	West
2 Glasgow	Scotland	214 km	NorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	278 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northumbria. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hury Reservoir (0.5 km² at a distance of 28.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 94.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 133 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 145 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Teesside International Airport (at a distance of 15 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Heighington in country England

Heighington at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	21 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	53 km	South
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	77 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heighington

Type of weather in Heighington	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam