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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: -2.9701,Lat: 51.1692
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	5:45:01am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sedgemoor
Name	Puriton and Woolavington

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dunball	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bawdrip	2.5 km	SouthEast
3 Woolavington	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Pawlett	2.7 km	NorthWest
5 Chilton Trinity	3.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	40 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	194 km	South
3 London	England	200 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Puriton lies at the Bristol Channel (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Cheddar Reservoir (0.7 km² at a distance of 16.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Quantock Hills with a height of 358 meter (at a distance of 17.6 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 56.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 83%, low location: 17%, 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 166 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

69.1 km2

89.3%

Urban area

8 km2

10.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Puriton in country England

Puriton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	49 km	EastNorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	68 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Puriton

Type of weather in Puriton	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam