Mercaston

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.6058,Lat: 52.985
Elevation	144 meter above sea level
Local time	20:06:42pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Derbyshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Derbyshire Dales
Name	Brailsford

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mugginton	1.8 km	East
2 Brailsford	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Commonside	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Weston Underwood	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ednaston	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	197 km	SouthWest
2 London	England	212 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	231 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 101 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake is Carsington Water (3.2 km² at a distance of 7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 75 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 60 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

75.1 km2

95.7%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mercaston in country England

Mercaston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	9.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	NorthWest
3 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Idridgehay

Type of weather in Idridgehay	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam