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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: -1.7933,Lat: 53.569
Elevation	229 meter above sea level
Local time	2:51:51am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kirklees
Name	Holme Valley South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Washpit	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Town End	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Netherthong	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Arrunden	1.6 km	South
5 Totties	2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	188 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	249 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	276 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 65 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Torside Reservoir (0.6 km² at a distance of 11 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 86.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 121 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 77%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 34 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.2 km2

6.6%

Nature

12.3 km2

15.7%

Wet nature

2.6 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

49.6 km2

63.2%

Urban area

7.8 km2

9.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Holmfirth in country England

Holmfirth 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	30 km	North
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	50 km	SouthWest
3 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	63 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Holmfirth

Type of weather in Holmfirth	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam