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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: -1.314,Lat: 52.6665
Elevation	143 meter above sea level
Local time	4:41:14am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hinckley and Bosworth
Name	Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bagworth	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stanton Under Bardon	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Botcheston	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Markfield	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Newbold Verdon	4.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	171 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	182 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	268 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 91 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Staunton Harold Reservoir (1.2 km² at a distance of 16.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 99.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 95%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 38 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 18 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.3%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

64.5 km2

82.1%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

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 Derwent Valley Mills	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	42 km	North
2 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	78 km	West
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	92 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Markfield

Type of weather in Markfield	moderate rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam