Higher Town

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.2833,Lat: 49.9613
Elevation	73 meter above sea level
Local time	23:15:29pm
At island	St Martins
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Isles of Scilly
Name	St. Martin's

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 New Grimsby	3.9 km	West
2 Maypole	4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 The Town	5.2 km	West
4 Old Town	5.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Hugh Town	5.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	276 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	278 km	EastNorthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	313 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Higher Town lies at the Celtic Sea (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is The Loe/Carminowe Creek (0.7 km² at a distance of 71.7 km in Eastern direction).The place is located at an island named St Martins. The distance to the mainland is 40.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 315 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 441 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 34%, low location: 66%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Isles Of Scilly

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Shannon Airport (at a distance of 357 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

9.4 km2

100%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higher Town in country England

Higher Town 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	67 km	East
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	248 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	302 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sennen

Type of weather in Sennen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	07:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam