Taunton

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1043,Lat: 51.021
Elevation	45 meter above sea level
Local time	17:22:43pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Taunton Deane
Name	Taunton Fairwater

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Staplegrove	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Norton Fitzwarren	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Bathpool	2.9 km	East
4 Cheddon Fitzpaine	3.1 km	NorthEast
5 Monkton Heathfield	3.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	54 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	180 km	South
3 London	England	212 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bristol Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction NorthEast).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 18.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Quantock Hills with a height of 358 meter (at a distance of 15.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 75.4 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly 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 185 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

58 km2

73.8%

Urban area

19.5 km2

24.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Taunton in country England

Taunton 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	36 km	South
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	66 km	EastNorthEast
3 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	84 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Taunton

Type of weather in Taunton	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam