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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: -1.7518,Lat: 53.5899
Elevation	235 meter above sea level
Local time	3:02:54am
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Kirklees
Name	Kirkburton

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fulstone	1.4 km	SouthEast
2 Lydgate	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Brockholes	1.5 km	NorthWest
4 New Mill	1.6 km	South
5 Town End	2.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	190 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cardiff	Wales	252 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	277 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 67 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Humber. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Torside Reservoir (0.6 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 89.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 126 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 46%, hill: 54%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Manchester Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leeds Bradford Airport (at a distance of 31 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

7.4%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

57.9 km2

73.7%

Urban area

10.7 km2

13.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thurstonland in country England

Thurstonland 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	28 km	North
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	SouthWest
3 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	60 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirklees

Type of weather in Kirklees	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	06:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam