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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: -4.7696,Lat: 50.3212
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	20:59:16pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	St. Austell Bay

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Duporth	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Tregorrick	1.5 km	NorthWest
3 Charlestown	1.6 km	NorthEast
4 London Apprentice	2.1 km	West
5 Trenarren	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	172 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	187 km	SouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	228 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Porthpean lies at the English Channel (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Colliford Lake (3.7 km² at a distance of 25.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 207.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 291 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 96%, hill: 2%, 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 317 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Newquay Cornwall Airport (at a distance of 21 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

4.8%

Nature

1 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

36.2 km2

69.5%

Urban area

7.9 km2

15.1%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porthpean in country England

Porthpean 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	48 km	WestSouthWest
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	133 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	200 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at St Austell

Type of weather in St Austell	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:39 Europe/Amsterdam