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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.0604,Lat: 50.6145
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	11:02:26am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Purbeck
Name	Castle

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Corfe Castle	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Worth Matravers	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Church Knowle	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Harman's Cross	2.9 km	East
5 Kimmeridge	4.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	126 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	134 km	SouthSouthWest
3 St Helier	Jersey	158 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 87.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 121.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 171 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Dorset

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 144 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.3 km2

6.7%

Nature

1.4 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

57.6 km2

89.6%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kingston in country England

Kingston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	65 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	WestNorthWest
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	88 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Swanage

Type of weather in Swanage	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam