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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: -2.7123,Lat: 50.7216
Elevation	68 meter above sea level
Local time	21:16:11pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Dorset
Name	Burton Bradstock

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Walditch	1.7 km	NorthWest
2 Burton Bradstock	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Uploders	2.3 km	NorthEast
4 Bothenhampton	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Loders	2.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	93 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	142 km	South
3 St Helier	Jersey	175 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Clatworthy Reservoir (0.9 km² at a distance of 60.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 102.4 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 143 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Dorset

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 178 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

59.9 km2

90.9%

Urban area

5.2 km2

7.9%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Shipton Gorge in country England

Shipton Gorge at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	20 km	West
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Askerswell

Type of weather in Askerswell	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam