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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: -5.426,Lat: 50.1278
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	3:08:14am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	Marazion and Perranuthnoe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St Hilary	0.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Perran Downs	0.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Goldsithney	0.8 km	West
4 Rosudgeon	1.2 km	South
5 Perranuthnoe	1.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	220 km	EastNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	221 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	260 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthWest).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 10.8 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 256.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 359 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 95%, The hills are mainly western orientated. 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 364 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

2.2%

Nature

1 km2

1.6%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

54.6 km2

93.2%

Urban area

1.2 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higher Downs in country England

Higher Downs 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	3.2 km	East
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	184 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	246 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Marazion

Type of weather in Marazion	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam