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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: -2.6034,Lat: 53.6856
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	16:00:44pm
Name province/region	England
Name Subregion	Lancashire
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Chorley
Name	Wheelton and Withnell

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Whittle-Le-Woods	2.1 km	West
2 Knowley	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Brinscall	2.3 km	East
4 White Coppice	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Brindle	3.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Douglas	Isle-of-man	134 km	NorthWest
2 Belfast	Northern-ireland	239 km	NorthWest
3 Dublin	Ireland	246 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North West. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stocks Reservoir (1.4 km² at a distance of 35.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 56.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly western 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 43 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Wet nature

9.1 km2

11.6%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.7%

Urban area

13.6 km2

17.3%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wheelton in country England

Wheelton 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	40 km	SouthWest
2 Jodrell Bank Observatory	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	54 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Saltaire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	56 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Chorley

Type of weather in Chorley	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:51 Europe/Amsterdam