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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: -5.2366,Lat: 50.2746
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	2:58:45am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Cornwall
Name	Mount Hawke and Portreath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mawla	1.1 km	SouthEast
2 Mount Hawke	2.1 km	East
3 Scorrier	3.7 km	SouthEast
4 Blackwater	4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Portreath	4.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	199 km	EastNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	214 km	SouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	255 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Porthtowan lies at the Celtic Sea (direction NorthNorthWest).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 21.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 235.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 329 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 343 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

2.4%

Nature

2.2 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

48.9 km2

82.4%

Urban area

5.7 km2

9.7%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Porthtowan in country England

Porthtowan 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	19 km	SouthWest
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	166 km	East
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	225 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Redruth

Type of weather in Redruth	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:43 Europe/Amsterdam