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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: -2.8854,Lat: 50.8262
Elevation	152 meter above sea level
Local time	0:34:41am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Dorset
Name	Marshwood Vale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Birdsmoorgate	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Winsham	3.1 km	North
3 Holditch	3.2 km	West
4 Marshalsea	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Marshwood	3.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	78 km	North
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	155 km	South
3 St Helier	Jersey	190 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction SouthSouthWest).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 43.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 91.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 129 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 96%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 184 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

76.2 km2

97%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thorncombe in country England

Thorncombe 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	15 km	SouthWest
2 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	72 km	NorthEast
3 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	84 km	EastNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chard

Type of weather in Chard	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam