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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.0041,Lat: 53.877
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	12:55:01pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wyre
Name	Bourne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cleveleys	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Carleton	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Staynall	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
4 Hambleton	3.4 km	East
5 Stalmine	4.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	102 km	WestNorthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	206 km	NorthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	224 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Hodbarrow Lake (0.7 km² at a distance of 38.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 68.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 67%, low location: 33%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Manchester Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Blackpool International Airport (at a distance of 12 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

9.6 km2

13.8%

Agriculture

32.1 km2

46%

Urban area

25.1 km2

35.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thornton in country England

Thornton at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	52 km	South
2 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	67 km	North
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	80 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cleveleys

Type of weather in Cleveleys	few clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam