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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: -2.479,Lat: 51.7403
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	5:43:08am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Gloucestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forest of Dean
Name	Lydney East

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sharpness	2.1 km	South
2 Purton	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Viney Hill	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Newtown	2.5 km	South
5 Oldcroft	2.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	55 km	WestSouthWest
2 London	England	171 km	EastSouthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	255 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Llandegfedd Reservoir (2.1 km² at a distance of 33.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 12.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 87%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 94 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.6 km2

14%

Wet nature

12.4 km2

16.2%

Agriculture

45.2 km2

59.3%

Urban area

4.7 km2

6.2%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Purton in country England

Purton 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	41 km	South
2 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	42 km	WestNorthWest
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	77 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lydney

Type of weather in Lydney	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam