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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: -5.2719,Lat: 50.1046
Elevation	69 meter above sea level
Local time	20:23:15pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	Helston South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rnas Culdrose	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Sithney	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Wendron	3.5 km	NorthEast
4 Porthleven	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Crowntown	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	210 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	214 km	NorthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	249 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestSouthWest).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 2.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 250 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 350 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 359 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.3%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

65.2 km2

86.8%

Urban area

3.9 km2

5.2%

Infrastructure

2.3 km2

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Helston in country England

Helston 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	8.7 km	NorthWest
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	175 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	241 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Helston
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Helston

Type of weather in Helston	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	06:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam