Thornton

General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -1.2617,Lat: 54.5161
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	10:52:53am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Middlesbrough
Name	Stainton and Thornton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Maltby	1.2 km	West
2 Hilton	2.7 km	SouthWest
3 Newby	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Thornaby-on-Tees	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Seamer	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	213 km	West
2 Glasgow	Scotland	237 km	NorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	301 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northumbria. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Scaling Dam Reservoir (0.6 km² at a distance of 26.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 117.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 164 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, The hills are mainly northern 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 146 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Teesside International Airport (at a distance of 11 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

48.7 km2

62%

Urban area

27 km2

34.4%

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 Durham Castle and Cathedral	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	35 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	49 km	SouthWest
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	83 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thornaby

Type of weather in Thornaby	broken clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:49 Europe/Amsterdam