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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: -1.705,Lat: 53.6116
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	4:53:39am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kirklees
Name	Kirkburton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Shelley	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Roydhouse	2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lepton	2.3 km	North
4 Shelley Woodhouse	3 km	SouthEast
5 Cross Roads	3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	192 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	256 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	278 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 69 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 18.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 93.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 131 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 61%, hill: 39%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 48 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.8 km2

4.9%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

61 km2

77.6%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkburton in country England

Kirkburton 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	26 km	North
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	57 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirkburton

Type of weather in Kirkburton	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam