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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.2043,Lat: 52.5142
Elevation	76 meter above sea level
Local time	7:47:49am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Staffordshire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	South Staffordshire
Name	Himley and Swindon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Himley	1.8 km	East
2 Wombourne	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Trysull	3.5 km	North
4 Halfpenny Green	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Kingswinford	4.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	131 km	SouthWest
2 London	England	196 km	SouthEast
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	238 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 99 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Wales.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Severn. The nearest bigger lake is Chasewater (0.9 km² at a distance of 23.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 53.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 75 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 Birmingham International Airport (at a distance of 32 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

4.4%

Agriculture

51.5 km2

65.5%

Urban area

17.2 km2

21.8%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Swindon in country England

Swindon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	NorthWest
2 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	75 km	NorthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kingswinford

Type of weather in Kingswinford	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam