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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: -5.3131,Lat: 50.087
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	15:00:08pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	Porthleven and Helston West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Breage	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sithney	3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Helston	3.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Ashton	3.8 km	NorthWest
5 Rinsey	3.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	212 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	217 km	NorthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	251 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Porthleven lies at the English Channel (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is The Loe/Carminowe Creek (0.7 km² at a distance of 1.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 253.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 355 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 362 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.8 km2

3.6%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

42 km2

83.2%

Urban area

3.7 km2

7.2%

Infrastructure

1.9 km2

3.8%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porthleven in country England

Porthleven at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	7.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	178 km	EastNorthEast
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	244 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Porthleven

Type of weather in Porthleven	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	06:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam