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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: -3.909,Lat: 50.7339
Elevation	237 meter above sea level
Local time	23:46:32pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Devon
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Devon
Name	South Tawton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 South Zeal	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 Sticklepath	1.3 km	West
3 Taw Green	2.4 km	North
4 Belstone	3 km	West
5 Throwleigh	4.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	100 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	173 km	SouthSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	214 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Roadford Lake (2.9 km² at a distance of 21.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 132.9 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 186 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 34%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 243 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Exeter International Airport (at a distance of 35 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

3.1%

Nature

13.7 km2

17.4%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

61.9 km2

78.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of South Tawton in country England

South Tawton 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	65 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	124 km	WestSouthWest
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	129 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Okehampton

Type of weather in Okehampton	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam