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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: -1.8486,Lat: 53.7922
Elevation	275 meter above sea level
Local time	15:55:01pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Bradford
Name	Thornton and Allerton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Denholme Clough	2.9 km	West
2 Queensbury	2.9 km	South
3 Denholme	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Wilsden	3.4 km	North
5 Ogden	3.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	177 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	271 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Glasgow	Scotland	271 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 58 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eccup Reservoir (1 km² at a distance of 20.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 97.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 137 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 24%, hill: 76%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 57 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 15 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.3 km2

2.9%

Nature

6 km2

7.6%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

40.5 km2

51.6%

Urban area

25.1 km2

32%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

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 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	6.6 km	NorthEast
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	40 km	NorthEast
3 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	69 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wilsden

Type of weather in Wilsden	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam