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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: -1.16,Lat: 52.6942
Elevation	71 meter above sea level
Local time	2:31:55am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Leicestershire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Charnwood
Name	Rothley and Thurcaston

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cropston	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rothley	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Swithland	2.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Wanlip	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Anstey	3.1 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 London	England	169 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Cardiff	Wales	192 km	SouthWest
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	274 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 80 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 22 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 108.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 152 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 48 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is East Midlands Airport (at a distance of 19 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

42.6 km2

54.2%

Urban area

23 km2

29.3%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thurcaston in country England

Thurcaston 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	43 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Ironbridge Gorge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	89 km	West
3 Blenheim Palace	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	96 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mountsorrel

Type of weather in Mountsorrel	clear sky
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam