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General information - Location

Country	England
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3279,Lat: 51.1783
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	14:26:18pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Somerset
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	West Somerset
Name	Watchet

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sampford Brett	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Washford	3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Old Cleeve	3.4 km	West
4 West Quantoxhead	4.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Bilbrook	4.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cardiff	Wales	37 km	NorthNorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	201 km	South
3 London	England	225 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Watchet lies at the Bristol Channel (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named UK South West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Clatworthy Reservoir (0.9 km² at a distance of 10.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Quantock Hills with a height of 358 meter (at a distance of 9.1 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 68.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 97%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 179 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cardiff International Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

3.4%

Nature

0.5 km2

Wet nature

3.6 km2

7.6%

Agriculture

39.8 km2

83.7%

Urban area

2.1 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Watchet in country England

Watchet at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dorset and East Devon Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	58 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Blaenavon Industrial Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	69 km	NorthNorthEast
3 City of Bath	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	71 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Watchet
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Watchet

Type of weather in Watchet	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam