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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: -2.1934,Lat: 51.007
Elevation	155 meter above sea level
Local time	10:08:28am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Dorset
Name	Shaftesbury Central

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Long Cross	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cann	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Motcombe	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Cann Common	3.1 km	SouthEast
5 Guy's Marsh	3.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	88 km	NorthWest
2 London	England	150 km	East
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	175 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction South).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 45.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 77.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 109 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 89%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 131 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.7%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

73.2 km2

93.3%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shaftesbury in country England

Shaftesbury 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	32 km	EastNorthEast
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	43 km	North
3 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	65 km	WestSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shaftesbury

Type of weather in Shaftesbury	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam