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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1806,Lat: 50.8284
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	7:47:10am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Dorset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	North Dorset
Name	Riversdale

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Blandford St Mary	2.8 km	NorthEast
2 Charlton Marshall	2.9 km	East
3 Winterborne Clenston	3.3 km	West
4 Whatcombe	3.5 km	West
5 Langton Long Blandford	3.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	102 km	NorthNorthWest
2 London	England	155 km	EastNorthEast
3 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	155 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake is Chew Valley Lake (4.4 km² at a distance of 62.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 96.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 135 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport London Heathrow Airport (at a distance of 140 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bournemouth Airport (at a distance of 24 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.9 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

70.1 km2

89.4%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thornicombe in country England

Thornicombe at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	46 km	NorthEast
2 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	West
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	63 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Blandford Forum

Type of weather in Blandford Forum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam