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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: -2.2898,Lat: 53.8258
Elevation	172 meter above sea level
Local time	21:47:07pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Pendle
Name	Higham and Pendleside

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fence	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Newchurch In Pendle	3 km	NorthEast
3 Padiham	3 km	SouthWest
4 Sabden	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Barley	4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	148 km	WestNorthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	252 km	WestNorthWest
3 Glasgow	Scotland	253 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stocks Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 20.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 80.8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 113 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 61%, hill: 38%, low mountains: 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 53 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.3%

Nature

12.9 km2

16.4%

Wet nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

42.8 km2

54.4%

Urban area

16.7 km2

21.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higham in country England

Higham 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	33 km	East
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57 km	EastNorthEast
3 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Padiham

Type of weather in Padiham	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam