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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.712,Lat: 53.524
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	23:32:46pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Wigan
Name	Orrell

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Longshaw	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Longshaw Common	1.3 km	South
3 Brownlow	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Windy Arbour	2.1 km	SouthEast
5 Orrell	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	136 km	NorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	228 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	237 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 21 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Longdendale (0.6 km² at a distance of 49.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 37.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 52 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 35 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

48 km2

61.2%

Urban area

23.5 km2

29.9%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higher End in country England

Higher End at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	23 km	WestSouthWest
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	42 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	67 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Billinge

Type of weather in Billinge	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam