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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1362,Lat: 51.3716
Elevation	64 meter above sea level
Local time	4:40:18am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Wiltshire
Name	Melksham Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Berryfield	1 km	SouthWest
2 Bowerhill	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Norrington Common	2.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Beanacre	2.6 km	North
5 Shaw	2.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	74 km	WestNorthWest
2 London	England	141 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	216 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 32.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 47.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

72.1 km2

91.8%

Urban area

5.7 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melksham in country England

Melksham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	15 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	31 km	SouthEast
3 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melksham

Type of weather in Melksham	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam