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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.0136,Lat: 53.9452
Elevation	152 meter above sea level
Local time	3:03:44am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	North Yorkshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Craven
Name	Skipton West

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ravenshaw	1.2 km	West
2 Low Bradley	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Carleton-In-Craven	1.9 km	West
4 Cononley	3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Thorlby	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	163 km	WestNorthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	251 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	264 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 51 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Thruscross Reservoir (0.5 km² at a distance of 17.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pennines with a height of 506 meter (at a distance of 10.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 102.5 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 59%, hill: 41%, The hills are mainly southern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 69 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 25 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.8%

Nature

10.4 km2

13.3%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

59.9 km2

76.3%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skipton in country England

Skipton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	19 km	SouthEast
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	EastNorthEast
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	82 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Skipton

Type of weather in Skipton	clear sky
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	06:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:42 Europe/Amsterdam