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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: -1.1825,Lat: 50.6297
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:08:54pm
At island	Isle-of-wight
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Isle of Wight
Name	Shanklin South

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Luccombe Village	1.6 km	South
2 Apse Heath	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Sandown	2.8 km	NorthEast
4 Whiteley Bank	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Winford	3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	108 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	163 km	SouthWest
3 Cardiff	Wales	170 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Shanklin lies at the English Channel (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named South East. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Ardingly Reservoir (0.8 km² at a distance of 88.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 153.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 214 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 86%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Gatwick Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Southampton Airport (at a distance of 38 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

1.4%

Nature

1.4 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

36.1 km2

74.5%

Urban area

8.9 km2

18.4%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shanklin in country England

Shanklin 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	76 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	113 km	NorthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	118 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Shanklin

Type of weather in Shanklin	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam