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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.7015,Lat: 53.7753
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	9:58:17am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Preston
Name	Moor Park

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lower Penwortham	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Middleforth Green	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Higher Penwortham	4 km	SouthWest
4 Broughton	4.3 km	North
5 Haighton Green	4.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	124 km	WestNorthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	229 km	NorthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	241 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stocks Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 29.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 62.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 87 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

34.7 km2

44.2%

Urban area

33.3 km2

42.5%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Preston in country England

Preston at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	45 km	SouthWest
2 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	60 km	East
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Preston

Type of weather in Preston	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:48 Europe/Amsterdam