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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.9998,Lat: 53.4996
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	19:49:24pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Sefton
Name	Manor

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lunt	1.5 km	NorthEast
2 Homer Green	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sefton	2 km	East
4 Little Crosby	2.4 km	NorthWest
5 Litherland	2.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	122 km	NorthWest
2 Dublin	Ireland	218 km	West
3 Cardiff	Wales	223 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake is Llyn Brenig (3.9 km² at a distance of 55.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 26.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 41%, low location: 59%, The hills are mainly western 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 51 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

4.1 km2

5.3%

Agriculture

33.9 km2

44.1%

Urban area

30 km2

39%

Infrastructure

2.9 km2

3.8%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.9%

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 Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	10 km	South
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	55 km	SouthEast
3 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thornton

Type of weather in Thornton	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam