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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.0982,Lat: 50.7057
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	15:28:27pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Purbeck
Name	St. Martin

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Martin Hill	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Wareham	2.3 km	SouthWest
3 Organford	2.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Ridge	3.2 km	South
5 Stoborough	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	117 km	NorthNorthWest
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	143 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	155 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 77.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 111.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 156 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 35%, low location: 65%, The hills are mainly southern 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 London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 143 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 20 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.2 km2

17.3%

Nature

16.1 km2

22.8%

Wet nature

2.9 km2

Agriculture

32.9 km2

46.4%

Urban area

3.8 km2

5.3%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandford in country England

Sandford at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	63 km	West
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wareham

Type of weather in Wareham	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam